As 2024 nears its end, we've witnessed inflation rates falling in major developed countries, with Canada's inflation rate dropping from 2.9% at the beginning of the year to 1.9%. This year, the Bank of Canada took the lead in cutting interest rates, followed by the Federal Reserve. The AI sector in North America continued its rally, driving Canadian tech stocks to soar.
■ How did each sector perform in 2024?
Among all sectors in Canada, t...

Good morning mooers! Here are things you need to know about today's market:
● S&P/TSX 60 Index Standard Futures are trading at 1,517.20, up 0.05% from previous close
● Fall economic statement update responds to trump presidency, deficits expected to widen
● Barrick considers shutting down Mali gold mine amidst dispute with government
● Imperial oil ltd seeks additional government...

Good morning mooers! Here are things you need to know about today's market:
● S&P/TSX 60 Index Standard Futures are trading at 1,534.80, down 0.33% from previous close
● Canadian premiers consider retaliation in response to potential Trump tariffs
● Agnico Eagle to acquire O3 Mining in a $204 million cash deal
● Empire Co. Ltd. reports a $173.4 million profit in Q2, with a slight increase in sales...

U.S. West Coast refiners are replacing their heavy Iraqi oil imports with cheaper crude from Canada as the newly expanded Trans Mountain pipeline reshuffles trade flows across the Pacific.
California and Washington are set to import about 150,000 barrels a day of Canadian crude by tanker in June — a seven-fold increase from average volumes, according to preliminary Vortexa data.
Refiners in the US ...

Statistics Canada released the inflation report for May on Wednesday, showing a surprising uptick in the country's yearly inflation rate to 2.9% for the month, exceeding the forecasted figure of 2.7%. This development might shake the market's anticipation of a rate cut coming in July. Nonetheless, the data aligns with the Bank of Canada's target range for inflation control, set at 1%-3%. Before the report's release, market conse...

Good morning mooers! Here are things you need to know about today's market:
● S&P/TSX 60 Index Standard Futures are trading at 1,347.70, up 0.64%
● Copper's downward trend continues as high prices repel Chinese purchasers
● Imperial starts production at new oilsands project using lower-emissions technology
● TD Bank earnings dented by provisions, restructuring and rise in non-interes...

From the point of view of globalization and comparative advantages, there exist considerable opportunites in the natural resource sector of Canada. Among others, oil and gas is an important natural resource sector.
As Canada is named as a major oil and gas producing company by our PM (video), the bullish side of the oil and gas sector is further enhanced by the recent completion of trans-moutain pipeline expansion project and the major progress of the LNG Can...

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