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Monday, Feb. 19 Family Day in Canada, Presidents' Day in U.S. Stock and bond markets are closed in Canada and U.S. Tuesday, Feb. 20 Canadian inflation data for January NB/Teranet new home price index Earnings: Home Depot, Walmart, iA f...

Canadians bought up a record amount of foreign securities at the end of last year as investors piled into U.S. stocks.  Investment in securities outside the country hit $29.4 billion in December, according to data released Friday by Statistics Canada. That...

Strength in base metals and telecom helped Canada's main stock index post a small gain Friday, while U.S. markets moved lower.  The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 32.92 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 21,255.61. In New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Ave...

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Great-West Lifeco Inc. says its fourth-quarter net earnings were $740 million, up from $452 million during the same quarter last year.  Net earnings per common share were 79 cents, up from 48 cents for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2023.  However, though n...

One analyst says that as Canadian Tire faces volatility, he sees longer-term growth for the business following fourth-quarter earnings marked by declines in profit and revenue.  David Aime, an equity analyst at Cardinal Capital Management, which owns share...

Canada’s largest theater chain has attracted orders for more than three times the amount of bonds it was offering on Thursday, to clinch the first Canadian junk bond sale of the year. Cineplex Inc. sold $575 million (US$426.9 million) of high-yield notes m...

Wall Street traders looked past mixed economic data, sending stocks and bonds higher before an inflation reading that will help define the Federal Reserve’s next steps. The S&P 500 hit another all-time high — despite losses in its most-influential group: t...

Canada's main stock index gained 1.6 per cent on Thursday, led by strong gains in the energy sector, while U.S. markets also rose.  The S&P/TSX Composite Index closed up 333.29 points at 21,222.69. In New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 34...