Investments

Why this PM is overweight energy for 2018

There's more to the energy sector than oil prices

By Mark Burgess |January 23, 2018

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Which currencies are gaining on the U.S. dollar

And where the loonie fits in

By Staff |January 22, 2018

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Mutual fund sales drop in December

Assets under management (AUM) for the mutual funds industry totalled $1.48 trillion for the month ending Dec. 31, 2017, reveals an IFIC report. AUM decreased by $6.7 billion or 0.4% compared to November 2017, “a result of declines in the markets,” says IFIC in a release. Read: MFDA to advisors: We’re watching your recommendations Net […]

By Staff |January 22, 2018

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What U.S. government shutdown means for GDP, markets

Update on Jan. 22, 2018, at 2 p.m.: A Senate agreement has reopened the U.S. federal government. The U.S. government has been shut down since midnight on Friday—and that could negatively affect growth in Q1, says TD senior economist Leslie Preston in a weekly economics report. The last 16-day shutdown lowered real GDP by 0.3 […]

By Staff, with files from The Associated Press |January 22, 2018

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