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Longer mortgages terms would have lessened the pain, says new report We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team. Posthaste: How Canada could have avoided the mortgage pa...

Watch Dylan Smith on why the central bank should start cutting ratesDylan Smith, vice-president and senior economist at Rosenberg Research, talks with Financial Post’s Larysa Harapyn about why the Bank of Canada should start cutting interest rates. He says C...

Wall Street kicked off the week on a cautious note, with traders positioning for key inflation data that will help shape the outlook for Federal Reserve policy and global financial markets. Stocks, bonds and the dollar saw small moves just a few days ahead...

Teal Linde, manager, Linde Equity Fund FOCUS: North American Mid and large-cap stocks  MARKET OUTLOOK: Investors continue to face a challenging market. Interest rates remain at their highest level in decades. Hopes for reduced rates are being pushe...

Avery Shenfeld believes the greenback has been bid up to the point where it is overvaluedWhile economists have been warning that divergence in fiscal policy between the Bank of Canada and the United States Federal Reserve could send the Canadian dollar into...

Dividend increases among the big banks expected to be muted when earnings come out next week Get the latest from Barbara Shecter straight to your inbox Sign Up Exposure to more fee-based revenue from the acquisition of HSBC’s Canadian franchise is lik...

The Liberals had promised to 'curb excessive profits' of large owners of residential propertiesPrime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government pulled back on a threat to hit some real estate investment trusts in Canada with a new tax regime after opposition from...

The drillers argue the current limits reduce the value of the oil that’s shipped and restricts where it can be refinedOil companies including Chevron Corp., Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. and Suncor Energy Inc. are pressing the operators of the expanded Tra...

Martin Pelletier: Canada could be in more trouble than many thinkThere is a lot of uncertainty for the average Canadian these days, including trying to navigate a complex macro-economic environment that is already starting to have a material impact on their...

Analysts and economists alike were expecting central banks on both sides of the border to have already cut ratesThere’s been a lot of angst about when and how deeply central banks will cut interest rates, but there hasn’t been much movement yet. We ap...