Stock Markets/Investing

US equities dip slightly, Sept. 17-21

 While the S&P 500 remained near highs not seen since December 2007 after the European Central Bank announced its bond-buying plan on Sept. 6 and the U.S. Federal Reserve followed a week later with a third round of quantitative…





TSX Venture surges Sept. 10-14

VANCOUVER — The S&P TSX Venture Composite Index rose 41.4 points or 3.24% to close near 52-week highs at 1,318.1 points during the Sept. 10-14 trading sessions. An announcement by U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke on a third…


TSX catches the QE3 wave

The next round of quantitative easing (QE) finally came and it was good news for commodity prices and the commodity heavy TSX Composite Index, which grew by 242 points to 12,499.47 points for the Sept. 10-14 period.


US stocks up on QE3, Sept. 10-14 week

U.S. stocks gained for a second consecutive week, pushing the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index up to the highest level since December 2007, as the U.S. Federal Reserve unleashed a third round of quantitative easing, or QE3, to prop up the…



TSX Venture resumes climb

The TSX Venture exchange collected itself and resumed its forward march. After falling four straight days over the previous period the holiday shortened Sept. 4-7 period saw the index climb 31 points to 1,276.71 points on the back of renewed…



U.S. equities strong performers, Sept. 3-7

Hopes of additional stimulus measures from the U.S. Federal Reserve after news of disappointing jobs data in the month of August; the announcement by the Chinese government of a US$150 billion infrastructure building program; and news that the…



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