Quantitative easing’s main purpose is to provide liquidity to the financial system. A system without liquidity, which we witnessed during the financial crisis of 2008, is one where lending dries up and business is harder to transact.
The S&P Growth Index—a key benchmark for U.S. growth stocks—has risen to its highest level in more than a decade. But, while investors have pulled their heads out of the sand, the economy is lagging behind.
Despite negative headlines, bank stocks are still strong, says Andrew Torres, CIO of Lawrence Park Capital Partners.
In the end, they were destined to exchange trading vows.
Grain prices have surged over the past six weeks as drought-like conditions have raised concerns about the health of the summer crop.
Wall Street analysts are scaling back their growth expectations for the largest U.S. companies; an early warning sign the country is hovering on the edge of a recession, reports the Financial Times. They predict the revenue of leading U.S. blue chip companies will rise at an annual rate of 1%-to-1.5% during the third quarter of […]
The British Columbia Securities Commission and Alberta Securities Commission have approved final recognition orders with respect to Maple’s proposed acquisition of TMX Group and TSX Venture Exchange. The BCSC has also approved a final recognition order with respect to Maple’s proposed acquisition of The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited, while the ASC has approved a […]
There are ways to win when markets are volatile.
Canadian pension plans struggled in Q2 2012, says both Mercer and Towers Watson in a new report. Plummeting bond yields and weak equity markets in May, combined with low long-term interest rates, contributed to poor performance.
TMX Group Inc. and MaRS Centre for Impact Investing are partnering to support impact investing in Canada, which is estimated at approximately $2 billion. It’s also projected to grow to $30 billion in the next decade, says the Canadian Task Force on Social Finance. Read: Impact investing: profit from a better world TMX will contribute […]