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Canadian private equity firms pulled back on deal making in the first half of 2022, according to recent data from industry tracker PitchBook, with experts attributing the slowdown to economic factors such as rising interest rates and inflation.     The down...

It used to be said that a penny saved was a penny earned, but rising prices helped push out the penny years ago, and with inflation now running at well over seven per cent, it’s eating into every nickel and dime. So while inflation is clearly happening, ac...

Monday, July 18 Notable data: Canadian housing starts Notable earnings: Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, IBM Tuesday, July 19 Notable data: U.S. housing starts and building permits Notable earnings: First Horizon, Johnson & Johnson, Netfli...

Credit defaults are on track to rise in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, according to a survey by the International Association of Credit Portfolio Managers, as the risk of global recession mounts. The economic slump is likely to occur later thi...

For all the volatility whipsawing the US bond market, traders are showing increasing confidence that the alarm bells warning of a recession will only get louder. The jump in consumer prices in June by another four-decade high reinforced the near-certainty...

The Bank of Canada's largest interest rate hike in 24 years caused the loonie to drop to a 20-month low as investors feared the U.S. Federal Reserve would mirror the full percentage point hike in two weeks. The Canadian dollar dropped to a low of 75.62 cen...

Stephen Takacsy, president, chief executive officer and chief investment officer, Lester Asset Management FOCUS: Canadian stocks MARKET OUTLOOK: Volatility continues to rule capital markets in 2022 due to the aftereffects of the pandemic, including...

Stocks closed well off session lows as comments from Federal Reserve officials brought some relief to investors worried that a more aggressive pace of rate hikes could trigger a recession. The S&P 500 almost erased a slide that topped 2 per cent as Fed Gov...

Canada’s benchmark stock index fell by triple digits Thursday as investors grew increasingly concerned about a looming recession and reacted to negative earnings news from two big American financial services companies. The S&P/TSX Composite Index closed 28...

Canadian bank stocks slid the most in more than two years as the first round of earnings from US lenders weighed on the outlook for the financial sector amid growing fears of a recession. The S&P/TSX Composite Commercial Banks Index, which tracks Canada’s...