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U.S. inflation cooled in October by more than forecast, offering hope that the fastest price increases in decades are ebbing and giving Federal Reserve officials room to slow down their steep interest-rate hikes. The consumer price index was up 7.7 per cen...

Canada's main stock index was up almost 650 points in a broad-based rally Thursday, while U.S. stock markets also rose after new data showing inflation in the United States eased in October. The S&P/TSX Composite Index was up 646.11 points, or 3.34 per cen...

E-commerce platform Shopify Inc. is on track to hit its biggest trading day gain in more than two years. The Ottawa-based company is up more than 16 per cent in mid-day trading.   Sign up to get breaking news email alerts sent directly to your inb...

Ross Healy, chairman, Strategic Analysis Corporation; portfolio manager, MacNicol & Associates Asset Management FOCUS: North American large-cap stocks  MARKET OUTLOOK: We are in a “consensus market” where there appears to be broad agreement on a nu...

Stocks surged in a buy-everything relief rally as slower-than-projected price growth spurred bets the Federal Reserve can downshift its aggressive rate-hike path. The S&P 500 climbed 5.5 per cent for the best first-day reaction to a CPI report since at lea...

Investors should enjoy Thursday's uptick in market trading, as this positive momentum won’t continue next year, according to David Rosenberg, founder and president of Rosenberg Research.   “Enjoy today's rally, but it's probably going to be a rather brief...

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board saw its net assets grow to $529 billion in its second quarter, compared with $523 billion at the end of the previous quarter. Net assets grew by $6 billion compared with the previous quarter, consisting of $1 billion in...

Bosses, including Shopify's Tobi Lutke, are blaming themselves for misreading the market While Elon Musk is dominating headlines with his abrupt dismissal of half of Twitter’s workforce, other chief executive officers are taking a decidedly dif...

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The challenge of hiring over the last few months is giving companies pause OTTAWA — Some Canadian employers say they plan to hold onto their workers even if the economy slips into a recession rather than risk not be able to rehire later, which...