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US equity-index futures and European bonds fell as investors worried about the twin threats of dwindling economic growth and stubborn inflation.  Contracts on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 dropped at least 0.3 per cent each after the underlying indexes capped...

Bruce Campbell, president and portfolio manager, StoneCastle Investment Management FOCUS: Canadian stocks  MARKET OUTLOOK: June was another awful month for investors and 2022 has been even worse. Investors continued to be concerned with high inflat...

Results of the second-quarter survey | Vol. 3.2 | July 4, 2022 This survey took place between April 28 and May 13, 2022.1 Follow-up interviews took pla...

Results of the second-quarter 2022 survey | Vol. 19.2 | July 4, 2022 Results from t...

The S&P/TSX Composite Index capped off the front half of the year in negative territory, falling 11.13 per cent to rank 58th out of 92 of its global peers. The drop has the Toronto benchmark sandwiched between Latvia’s Riga Stock Exchange and the Slovenian bl...

The S&P 500 suffered its worst first half since 1970. But its dismal performance is not an indication of what’s to come. That’s according to analysis by S&P Dow Jones Indices that says historically, there has been little to no correlation between the index...

The selloff in stocks deepened after weak consumer-spending data fueled worries about a recession, with the S&P 500 suffering its cruelest first-half since Richard Nixon’s presidency. It was a rout for the history books, with the benchmark gauge down 21 pe...

This was supposed to be a blowout year for Canadian equities, benefiting from soaring commodity prices and a forceful post-pandemic rebound in consumer spending. Instead, the country’s benchmark index is slumping amid the global stock selloff, though not as b...

The stock market had a hard time finding direction on Wednesday, with traders assessing comments from central bank chiefs about the outlook for the economy and interest rates. The S&P 500 closed almost flat and above the Fibonacci 38.2 per cent retracement...

A dirty little secret in a US$1.2 trillion world of credit is getting exposed as the Wall Street rout deepens: Private debt is now the cheaper financing option for big-ticket leveraged borrowers than the ailing public market -- upending industry norms. As...