All Canadian equity sectors ended May with losses, and only eight of the 42 categories tracked by Morningstar Canada Fund had flat or positive results.
Nearly two centuries ago, China was the largest economy in the world, accounting for a third of global output. Today, the world’s oldest civilization, and the fastest growing economy, seems determined to regain its lost glory and assert its economic supremacy on world stage.
Forget Europe. The U.S. is more fragile, says Nassim Taleb. According to the author of The Black Swan, the country’s highly centralized government and hefty public debt make it more vulnerable to outsized shocks, also known as black-swan events.
Towers Watson has released its 31st annual Canadian Survey of Economic Expectations—and it’s a gloomy outcast.
With the announcement of J.P. Morgan’s recent trading missteps comes another round of financial sector (and overall market) angst.
In the four weeks following the Greek and French elections, global markets were sent on a roller coaster ride. And now, anxiety over the fate of the eurozone has intensified as investors focus on the upcoming second election in Greece, which takes place on June 17.
The investment climate is looking rosier, according to a survey by Canada’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA). According to the research, carried out in collaboration with McCarthy Tétrault LLP, there is a greater optimism regarding the investment climate in Canada for both private equity and venture capital.
Investors have, by and large, structured their portfolios around one simple belief: in the long-run, equities will always produce higher returns than safer assets.
Emerging economies are still growing faster than developed countries, so investors must seize the opportunities beyond Canada’s borders, said a panel of experts at The Economic Club of Canada’s Scotiabank Emerging Markets Forum in Toronto yesterday.
Canadian finance executives are taking an aggressive stance on business growth, according to the most recent American Express/CFO Research Global Business & Spending Monitor, a survey of 541 senior finance executives from the U.S., Europe, Canada, Latin America, Asia and Australia.