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Canada's main stock index closed up along with U.S. markets despite a drop in the price of oil that pushed energy stocks down.  The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 153.29 points at 19,241.44 as the Bank of Canada's 0.75 percentage point rate increase did...

Speaking a day after the Bank of Canada raised interest rates, Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers discusses where the economy stands and what the Bank is doing to...

Stocks trimmed losses from nearly oversold levels, while bond yields soared on bets the Federal Reserve will stay hawkish as it confronts the hottest inflation in about four decades. After exhausting gyrations, the S&P 500 managed to close slightly above 3...

Canada's main stock index closed down in a broad-based decline as encouraging economic data in the U.S. renewed fears of rate hikes only a day before Canada's central bank is set to announce its latest rate decision. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down...

Ryan Bushell, president and portfolio manager, Newhaven Asset Management FOCUS: Canadian dividend stocks MARKET OUTLOOK: Equity markets remain volatile and the rally over the summer seems to be rapidly coming to an end. In my opinion, this is justi...

The Bank of Canada today increased its target for the overnight rate to 3¼%, with the Bank Rate at 3½% and the deposit rate at 3¼%. The Bank is also continuing its policy of quantitative tightening. T...

3.25% is highest rate since the global financial crisis The Bank of Canada delivered another supersized hike on Wednesday, raising the policy interest rate by 75 basis points to 3.25 per cent, the highest since the global financial crisis....

US stocks and bonds ended a turbulent August lower as traders recalibrated rate-hike expectations after central banks across the globe vowed to step up their fights against inflation. All major US indexes had their worst month since June. Treasuries in Aug...

The second half of August has been bruising for technology stocks, but those hoping for a respite from the declines shouldn’t relax just yet: September is just around the corner. The month historically has been the worst of the year for returns, suggesting...

A late-summer lull is nowhere to be seen in the stock market, with traders recalibrating their expectations after a blunt warning from the Federal Reserve chief in Jackson Hole. Most likely, they have a long ways to go.  So say derivatives strategists at B...