U.S. Markets August 14-20
While earlier in the week, Wall Street was pondering how un-gentle the chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank, Ben Bernanke, could really be, the single most important figure on the U.S. financial scene…
Stock Markets/Investing
TSX Venture Exchange August 14-20
Market mayhem hit the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index over the Aug. 14-20 trading session, with the junior board falling 11.6% to finish the week off 334.43 points lower at 2,548.45. On Aug. 16, t…
Editorial: Rotten week for miners
Bad news converged on the mining community from every direction during the week ended Aug. 18, the 33rd trading week of 2007.
U.S. Markets August 7-13
Misery linked to the ongoing trouble in the debt market continued on United States equity markets during the reporting period Aug. 7-13. The losses were more muted, thanks to two rally days early in t…
Toronto Stock Exchange August 7-13
The TSX Composite Index fell 137.79 points to 13,427.45 over the Aug. 7-13 trading period. And the Global Gold Index slipped 3.27 points to 275.35, while gold closed at US$668.75, down US$2.75.
U.S. Markets July 31-August 6
The U.S. markets didn’t exactly rebound over the July 31-Aug. 6 trading session, but they showed some improvement over the previous period.
TSX Venture Exchange July 31-August 3
Despite a modest upswing in precious metals prices over the holiday-shortened July 31-Aug. 3 trading session, the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index again followed the general market downtrend to sli…
Toronto Stock Exchange July 31-August 3
The bears began to lick their chops as the TSX Composite Index fell with international markets, losing 299.48 points for the July 31-Aug. 3 trading period.
Toronto Stock Exchange July 24-30
Those who thought the TSX Composite Index was due for a correction were proved right during the July 24-30 trading period. The index fell 603.61 points to 13,864.72.
U.S. Markets July 24-30
The trading period July 24-30 saw United States equity markets take a battering. The sell-off was sparked by adverse economic news, although the market appears to have been primed for a fall. In fact,…
TSX Venture Exchange July 24-30
In unison with other major markets, the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index dropped 4.3% over the July 24-30 trading session to close down 142.8 points at 3,179.96. Average daily trading volumes were …
Short Position Report (August 03, 2007)
TSX Short Positions Short positio…