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The S&P 500 inched further into bull-market territory on Friday as technology shares continued to climb amid bets the Federal Reserve is nearing the end of its hiking cycle. The benchmark index added 0.1 per cent, as tech and megacap shares drove another s...

Monday, June 12 Notable earnings: Oracle Corp Tuesday, June 13 Notable data: U.S. NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Survey, U.S. Consumer Price Index Notable earnings: Major Drilling FOMC Meeting Begins Wednesday, June 14 Not...

After $1.7 billion in losses, what’s next for the Crown corporation? In this new world of high-tech revolutions, artificial intelligence and fly-to-the-moon communication technologies, the last thing on the minds of Canadian political and econo...

'Excess demand in the Canadian economy is more persistent than we thought' Get the latest from Stephanie Hughes straight to your inbox Sign Up Persistent strength in the economy means interest rates may have to stay higher for longer...

But economists say may not be enough to deter the Bank of Canada from further rate hikes Get the latest from Stephanie Hughes straight to your inbox Sign Up Canada’s unemployment rate rose in May for the first time since August 2022 a...

Central banks around the world continue to battle runaway inflation through interest rate hikes and one expert believes she has picked out three currencies that will persevere throughout aggressive monetary policy measures.    Speaking with BNN Bloomberg’s A...

Ross Healy, chairman at Strategic Analysis Corporation; portfolio manager at MacNicol & Associates Asset Management FOCUS: North American large-cap stocks  MARKET OUTLOOK: For the second time in this decade (June 2020 being the first), the Nasdaq 1...

A rally in technology stocks resumed Thursday, pushing the S&P 500’s gains since an October low past 20 per cent, the marker of a bull market. A jump in jobless claims to the highest since October 2021 delivered a boost to the tech sector, which had been f...

Canada's main stock index ticked lower Thursday amid broad-based weakness, while U.S. markets moved higher, led by the technology sector.  The S&P/TSX Composite Index was down 40.99 points, or 0.21 per cent, at 19,942.70. In New York, the Dow Jones Indu...

Episode 197 of Down to Business podcast Get the latest from Gabriel Friedman straight to your inbox Sign Up Variable-rate, fixed-payment mortgages were all the rage in Canada during the pandemic when interest rates were at rock bottom...