Who needs jobs when we’ve got Central Banks?: Global equity benchmarks moved higher on Thursday following signs of some success by governments and central banks which have taken additional steps to bolster their economies during …
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April 8, 2020
Click for Big There is more hope that the coronavirus is under control, or at least getting there: The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index was up 311.57 points, or 2.29%, at 13,925.71. The energy …
April 7, 2020
Click for Big Globalism is getting a kicking. It began with export prohibitions of N-95 masks: [Chaun] Powell, [vice president of strategic supplier engagement at North Carolina-based healthcare company] … Premier Inc., says that although …
April 6, 2020
Doctors to the rescue! Stocks rallied on Monday as investors seized on signals that the coronavirus outbreak may be peaking in some of the world’s worst-hit places. The number of new confirmed deaths and infections …
MAPF Portfolio Composition: March, 2020
Turnover declined sharply in March to 15%. Very wide spreads largely prevented optimization trading, while there were enough knowledgeable participants in the market to prevent price differences between similar issues from getting far enough out …
April 3, 2020
Wow, no illustrations today! I can remember the halcyon days of my youth when that was normal! The US jobs number recorded a big whoopsy today: The longest stretch of job creation in American history …
April 2, 2020
It was a good day for oil: Canada’s main stock index rose on Thursday, led by energy shares as crude prices posted their biggest-one day gains on record on Thursday. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX …
April 1, 2020
Well, now that the horrors of March are done with, I’m sure we’re all very happy to start off a bright and shiny new … well, never mind: Faced with grim new projections of the …
March 31, 2020
A nice day, for some: The decimated energy sector has rallied hard off of 20-year lows, pushing Canadian stocks to a decent gain on a day that saw the U.S. market slip. For the first …
March 30, 2020
Oil action is in the news today: Energy stocks led Canada’s main stock index higher on Monday, despite a plunge in crude prices as the market waits for news of support from Ottawa for the …