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U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday after a fresh batch of corporate earnings largely beat estimates even as investors weighed risks to economic growth from the Federal Reserve raising interest rates to combat inflation. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 rose for a t...

When investor exuberance in tech stocks faded as COVID-19 spending habits petered out and recession predictions grew, the head of the Silicon Valley Bank's Canadian arm knew what would keep startups going: venture debt. The loans obtained by early-stage co...

Amid economic uncertainty, one equity strategist recommends positioning portfolios defensively and sees IT, health care and energy sectors as areas of interest.  Scott Wren, a senior global equity strategist at Wells Fargo Investment Institute, said in an...

The chair of the Ontario Securities Commission has stepped down less than a year after taking the job. A spokesperson for Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy says the minister accepted Heather Zordel's resignation on Oct. 21. Sign up to get b...

John Zechner, chairman and founder, J. Zechner Associates  FOCUS: North American large-cap stocks MARKET OUTLOOK: Our strategy since last fall has been to hold slight underweight positions in both stocks and bonds and a higher-than-normal cash bala...

While inflation has come off its peak, it remains too high. As the economy responds to higher interest rates and as the effects of elevated commodity pr...

The Bank of Canada today increased its target for the overnight rate to 3¾%, with the Bank Rate at 4% and the deposit rate at 3¾%. The Bank is also continuing its policy of quantitative tightening. In...

Good morning. I’m pleased to be here with Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers to discuss today’s policy announcement and the Bank’s Monetary Policy Re...