Stock Markets/Investing

With bullion straddling the US$800-per-oz. level over the Dec. 4-10 trading session, the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index eked out a modest gain of 33.87 points to close at 2,751.27. Daily trading …

It was a relatively buoyant week for U.S. equity markets ahead of a widely expected interest rate cut. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 478.3 points to close at 13,727.03 over the Dec. 4-10 tradi…

While economists continue their age-old debate over whether Canada catches a cold every time the U.S. sneezes — investor confidence seemed remarkably upbeat on the Toronto Stock Exchange during the t…

In a week that saw no less than three Federal Reserve Bank officials — including chairman Ben Bernanke — talking out of school about tweaking interest rates, United States equity markets put up a st…

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Toronto’s main stock market index continued to falter as lingering worries over lending markets, the health of the U.S. economy and a weaker U.S. dollar battered investor confidence. The TSX Composite…

It was another tough stretch for U.S. equity markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 215 points, to 12,743.44, over the reporting period Nov. 20-26, falling past the lows it touched in August. …

Despite a week of strengthening bullion prices, investors seemed to want to take home the cash, depressing the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index by 77.83 points over the Nov. 20-26 trading session. …

Late November brought grey skies for investors as the TSX Composite Index fell 256.72 points over the Nov. 13-19 period to finish at 13,348.24. Tighter credit — linked to the subprime mortgage crisis…

With the price of bullion coming off hard following recent lofty levels, the junior mining-dominated S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index shed 97.79 points over the Nov. 13-19 trading session to close …