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Markets cautious ahead of Fed hike and trade escalation Investors rotate into longer-dated Treasurys at a crucial technical point Yen strengthens: a warning to investors? China shares jump on...

The Canadian dollar fell after U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lightizer said that time is running out with Canada on NAFTA talks. The U.S. has pressured Canada to join the U.S.-Mexico trade...

It’s a return to the drawing board for many investors who are now back online beginning their holiday shortened Asian trading week.Euro equities are trading mixed following a “get back to...

Futures, European shares rebound from Asian weakness following US declines yesterday Investors hike their cash positions, shunning safe-haven yen, gold, dollar and Treasurys US stocks slip across...

A quarter-point increase in the benchmark Fed funds rate, to 2.00%-2.25% has long since been priced into the markets for tomorrow’s meeting of Federal Reserve policymakers.Investors will instead...

I recently went to the Mexican cities of Chihuahua, the capital of the state by the same name, and Ciudad Juarez, the economic capital and the state's largest city with 1.3 million inhabitants....

September is historically the worst month for equities but 2018 is shaping up to be an exception.US stocks hit a record high and this was crucial to the recovery of euro, aussie and other major...

Wholesale sales rose for the third time in five months, up 1.5% to $63.9 billion in July, more than offsetting the 0.9% decline in June. Sales were up in four of seven sub-sectors, representing...

On Friday, Statistics Canada will release the CPI inflation number for August and the July retail trade figure.On the inflation front, LBS Economic Research and Strategy expects a read just a tad...

Dow reaches just 0.6 below its record high, as US tariffs on China considered mild Dollar maintains losses after failed trade talks with Canada Oil boosted on weak dollar and falling inventories Key...

Hurricane Florence has caused property damage estimated at between $17 billion and $22 billion, and thousands of homes, buildings and other structures in the Carolinas must be put up again when flood...

Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland will hold fresh talks on renewing NAFTA with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer in Washington on Wednesday, a spokesman for Freeland said...

Tuesday, Sept. 18: Five things the markets are talking aboutIt was coming, the market new it was coming, just when and how much were the unknown variables. U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed an...

Foreign investment in Canadian securities reached $12.7 billion in July, mainly from acquisitions of federal government bonds. At the same time, Canadian investment in foreign securities totalled...