Stocks

North America stocks to shine in 2011

Having climbed the wall of worry in 2010, the North America equity market is looking at a promising year ahead where new opportunities abound. Several specific factors are expected to produce positive returns for equities, so stay the course, said Jeffery Tory, chairman GBC Asset Management and portfolio manager at Pembroke Management Limited. “It was […]

By Vikram Barhat |January 26, 2011

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Foreigners saw Canada as a hotspot in November

Foreign investors continued to buy Canadian securities late in 2010, according to Statistics Canada, acquiring an additional $8 billion in November, the most recent month for which data is available. Foreign buyers focused on debt issues, which made up $7.1 billion of the overall total. New private corporate bonds – mainly U.S.-denominated – accounted for […]

By Staff |January 17, 2011

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UBS expands risk appetite

Despite a broad rebound in markets during 2010, UBS has opted to extend its preference for risk assets by shifting back to an overweight in equities and retaining an overweight in credit within fixed income.

By Staff |December 14, 2010

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Nortel, CanWest remind investors of credit risk

It’s been a long time coming, but Nortel Networks has finally filed for bankruptcy, marking the end of a long dismal slide into investment oblivion. At one point, the company made up roughly one third of the S&P/TSX Composite index. Its shares, once worth more than $120 are now essentially worthless, trading at about 13 […]

By Steven Lamb |January 14, 2009

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