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Automobile manufacturers Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) and General Motors (NYSE:GM) rallied Monday after the United States and Canada struck a last-minute deal to replace the North American Free Trade...

European equity markets have been boosted by the news that the U.S. and Canada have struck a trade deal. The agreement between U.S. and Canadian trade delegates was struck just hours before the...

The Canadian dollar rose on Friday after the monthly gross domestic product (GDP) beat the forecast with a 0.2-percent gain. The loonie is up almost 1 percent on the final day of the trading week. The...

EuropeEuropean stock markets are firmly in the red this afternoon as the surge in Italian government bond yields has rattled investor confidence. The cost of borrowing for the Italian government has...

The US Federal Reserve followed its own playbook pretty closely this week, yesterday raising the benchmark federal funds rate a quarter point to 2.00-2.25 as expected. It also dropped the word...

An influential retailer backer provided a big boost to a small Canadian cannabis stock Tuesday. Here’s some small stocks that made big moves on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018 (as of 4 p.m. EST):Aleafia...

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...

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....

EuropeEuropean equity markets are lower today on account of the continued trade tensions. The latest batch of tariffs from the U.S. and China kick in today, and this has dampened the mood. The Chinese...

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...