With the Bank of Canada weighing how quickly to raise interest rates, all eyes will be on next week’s Business Outlook Survey (BOS) and the March Canadian jobs report. We expect a 50,000 increase in Read more…
The RBA Interest Rate Decision meeting on Tuesday. Will the RBA be ready to give up its dovishness and signal that hikes may be sooner than they had anticipated? In addition, the headlines continued last Read more…
Are investors right to be optimistic? As we head into the second quarter, it seems the list of economic concerns is growing rather than shrinking and yet equity markets find themselves in a very comfortable Read more…
The pinch consumers are paying at the pump these days has vacillated between mild irritation to true pain. Credit card behemoth Visa is planning on lifting limits it had on fuel stations after customers began Read more…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Hype and hyperbole were on full display this week as the security world reacted to reports of yet another Log4Shell. The vulnerability came to light in December and is arguably one Read more…
Real Money Columnist James ‘Rev Shark’ Deporre discusses a couple of small-cap plays he’s following. The keys to market success as finding good entry points and leaving emotions out of the decision-making process, argues Real Money Read more…
Durable goods orders and preliminary first-quarter financial results are on tap in the week ahead. The analysts are all vying to see who can be the most negative, but in reality, things just aren’t that Read more…
Annuities come in a number of varieties including deferred-fixed, deferred-variable, immediate-fixed, and immediate-variable. Syda Productions via Shutterstock; Canva What Are Annuities and How Do They Work? Put simply, an annuity is a contract that allows Read more…
Businesses need a contingency plan in place if chunks of their business are locked up by regulators. Companies that may count wealth Russians among their investors should be concerned that any stake they hold could Read more…
The company’s pilots have been renegotiating their contract for three years. Beleaguered Alaska Airlines has canceled over a 100 flights as it continues to deal with fallout from a labor dispute with its pilots, the Read more…