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Source: BNN Bloomberg November 16, 2022

World Cup stock bets include shorting the losers

There is a way for stock investors to make money off the World Cup, the global soccer tournament starting later this month. It includes correctly predicting surprise defeats for major Western European nations and shorting small-cap stocks from those countr...

Source: BNN Bloomberg November 16, 2022

TSX today: Index up 0.58% in late-morning trading amid strength in technology stocks

Strength in the technology sector helped Canada's main stock index rise more than 100 points in late-morning trading, while U.S. stock markets also climbed higher. The S&P/TSX Composite Index was up 116.37 points, or 0.58 per cent, at 20,038.18. Sign...

Source: BNN Bloomberg November 16, 2022

Investors ask Canada to reverse inflation-linked bond freeze

The Canadian Bond Investors’ Association, which represents managers of over $1.2 trillion (US$900 billion) of assets, is asking Canada’s finance department to reverse its decision to cease the issuance of inflation-linked bonds. Sign up to get breaking...

Source: Financialpost November 16, 2022

U.S. military in talks with Canadian miners for key minerals as rivalry with China grows

One of the projects on the Americans' radar is northern Ontario's Ring of Fire The United States military is talking to Canadian miners about potentially funding some critical minerals projects in Canada, the latest evidence of President Joe Bi...

Source: Financialpost November 16, 2022

Terence Corcoran: Hey, everybody! How about a general strike? 

It’s only 100 years since the last one Across the country and around the world, major global economic and political challenges — China, COP27, the American elections, recession, inflation, G20, Indo-Pacific relations, Russia — are hitting the f...

Source: Financialpost November 16, 2022

Canada's biggest pension fund will sell companies that don't take ESG seriously

CPPIB chief says it will divest if other efforts to commit to net zero fail The head of Canada’s US$400-billion pension fund said he’s willing to cut ties with companies that aren’t committed to their net-zero targets....

Source: Financialpost November 16, 2022

Canada's inflation surge stalls at 6.9%: What you need to know

This section is Presented This section was produced by the editorial department. The client was not given the opportunity to put restrictions on the content or review it prior to publication. by HSBC HSBC Kevin Carmichael:...

Source: Financialpost November 16, 2022

Matthew Lau: Theresa Tam tests positive for creeping-government virus

Tam's climate report is little more than a regurgitation of alarmist climate theories and dubious arguments Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer, is apparently an extraordinary polymath, expert not only in infectious diseases but a...

Source: BNN Bloomberg November 15, 2022

U.S. stocks end session lower; Treasuries decline

U.S. stocks ended a choppy session lower after two Federal Reserve speakers emphasized the central bank’s resolve to be persistent until price pressures head back down to levels consistent with its 2 per cent target.  Sign up to get breaking news email...

Source: BNN Bloomberg November 15, 2022

FTX fiasco sparks billions of dollars of outflows from exchanges

The spectacular collapse of 30-year-old Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto empire has fueled a spike in outflows across global crypto exchanges. Users yanked a net $3.7 billion worth of Bitcoin and $2.5 billion of Ether in the week from Sunday, Nov. 6 to Sunday, Nov....