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Market Insights
As Europe struggles to get its collective fiscal house in order, investors have been extremely cautious. Equities have proven aptly named as “risk assets”, but yields on major “safe haven” bonds have been compressed to nearly negative real returns.
By Staff |December 9, 2011
2 min read
Economic Indicators
The uneven global economic recovery will continue to create a two-speed world where emerging economies will persistently outpace those in the developed world.
By Vikram Barhat |December 6, 2011
Industry
The recent hammering of the global financial markets, fears of recession and unprecedented deleveraging have heralded a changing of the guard as investment focus moves away from the consumer and into the businesses sector.
By Vikram Barhat |December 5, 2011
Four experts walk us through some of the issues investors need to take into account when looking to the U.S., the Eurozone, China, and South Asia.
By Dean DiSpalatro |December 1, 2011
8 min read
While the markets are reacting positively to news that Europeans, North American and Japan’s central banks have made dollar swaps cheaper, less attention is being paid to a move by Chinese authorities to loosen monetary policy.
By Staff |November 30, 2011
1 min read
While growth in developed economies currently ranges between slow and stalled, emerging economies have seen tremendous growth powered largely by the BRIC nations consisting of Brazil, Russia, India and China.
By Vikram Barhat |November 18, 2011
4 min read
Foreign investors added $7.4 billion of Canadian securities to their holdings in September, led by acquisitions of federal treasury bills, according to Statistics Canada.
By Wire services |November 17, 2011
An overwhelming majority of investment professionals equate a collapse of the Euro to a failure of Europe, according to a CFA Institute survey.
By Staff |November 16, 2011
Depsite lingering headwinds there are grounds for optimism about the outlook for the U.S. economy, according to Bill Cheney, chief economist at Manulife Asset Management.
By Dean DiSpalatro |November 15, 2011
The eurozone's days are numbered and it's a matter of time before the common currency falls apart. The latest escalation in the eurozone debt crisis is seen by industry experts as the beginning of the end.
By Vikram Barhat |November 11, 2011
3 min read
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