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John De Goey, senior investment advisor and portfolio manager, Wellington-Altus Private Wealth FOCUS: Personal finance and ETFs MARKET OUTLOOK: The ongoing discussion about whether or not central banks will pivot is a bit of a red herring. We’ve al...

Canada’s benchmark stock index rose 3.74 per cent this week as the flurry of earnings releases and scaled-back bets on rate hikes in the U.S. helped bolster sentiment.  The S&P/TSX Composite Index on Friday rose by triple digits for the third straight sess...

Alex Ruus, portfolio manager, Arrow Capital Management FOCUS: North American stocks MARKET OUTLOOK: Broad stock markets will be volatile with relatively few gains over the coming year as the market deals with falling earnings in some sectors of the...

The stock market wrapped up a chaotic week, with solid earnings from tech megacaps bringing solace to traders worried about the many cross-currents rattling economies around the globe. After a horrific first half, the S&P 500 had its best month since Novem...

Among the many superlatives attaching to markets in July, one that could come back to haunt the Federal Open Market Committee is Wednesday and Thursday’s, when the stocks posted their biggest post-meeting rally on record. Believing they heard a dovish tilt...

The stock rally gained traction, defying calls from skeptics in the aftermath of the Federal Reserve decision, with traders paring bets on rate hikes as the drumbeat of recession grew louder amid an ugly economic print. Equities climbed to a seven-week hig...

Even as Apple Inc. contends with rising inflation, cooling consumer demand, the strengthening dollar and lockdowns in China, its share price has surged in recent weeks and is heading for its biggest monthly gain in almost two years, up 15 per cent in July....

Bausch Health Companies Inc. said it plans to vigorously defend its intellectual property after a U.S. judge ruled some patents for one of its drugs were invalid. Shares of the Laval, Que.-based health care firm were decimated Thursday, falling as much as...

Greg Newman, senior wealth advisor and portfolio manager, Newman Group, ScotiaWealth FOCUS: North American dividend stocks and protection strategies  MARKET OUTLOOK: The bulls argue that a U.S. Federal Reserve pivot is starting to appear in sight a...

The S&P/TSX Composite Index reversed early-morning losses to close higher on Thursday as investors continued to analyze corporate earnings and the state of the North American economy. The index closed up 202.15 points, or 1.05 per cent, at 19,456.71 in a b...