Market Insights

Saskatchewan and Manitoba tops for mining investment

Saskatchewan and Manitoba are now the two most attractive jurisdictions for mining investment in the world, finds the Fraser Institute in its annual global survey of mining executives. The survey rates 104 jurisdictions around the world based on both their geologic and policy attractiveness. The two Canadian provinces beat out Western Australia, which fell from […]

By Staff |March 1, 2017

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Industry

Smart beta ETF assets reach record high

ETFGI says assets invested in smart beta equity ETFs and ETPs listed globally reached a new record high US$534 billion at the end of January 2017.

By Staff |February 28, 2017

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Economic Indicators

Potential winners of U.S. corporate tax cuts

A look at small caps versus large caps in the U.S.

By Sarah Cunningham-Scharf |February 27, 2017

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Economic Indicators

Will U.S. equity valuations keep climbing?

The one-year forward P/E ratio for the S&P 500 is 17.7, reports Factset. That’s the greatest level since 2004. “The only time one-year multiples were higher in recent memory was during the tech craze of the late 1990s,” says Avery Shenfeld, chief economist at CIBC Capital Markets, in an economics report. “And that didn’t end […]

By Staff |February 27, 2017

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