Stock Markets/Investing

The TSX Venture Exchange made a modest gain of 12 points to 1,258.97 points for the Nov. 19-23 period as global markets shrugged off their past selling ways and embraced a more positive outlook on the state of the world.

U.S. stock markets were closed for the Thanksgiving holiday on Nov. 22 and many Americans marked the occasion with an overnight shopping spree. According to the National Retail Federation, 89 million Americans shopped online and in stores on…

The TSX Composite Index fell 342 points to 11,877.72 in the Nov. 12-16 period as investors continued to focus on a series of tough global issues.

Mounting concern about Washington’s ability to avoid the fiscal cliff, or mandated tax hikes and spending cuts that could send the economy back into recession, drove markets lower. The Dow Jones Industrial Index fell 1.8% or 227.08 points…

Canada’s main index fell during the Nov. 5-9 trading week as investors fretted over the U.S. economy toppling over the “fiscal cliff” as several laws, such as the Bush tax cuts, are set to expire at year end, after which a…

U.S. elections results may have settled who will lead the country for the next four years, but that did little to quell fears that a recession could be on the horizon if the fiscal cliff situation is not resolved in the coming months.