This is because of oil, which has jumped (but not spiked) in price. Since the White House has no clue when this conflict will end or how much destruction will be left in the oilfields of the Middle ...

Pieces like the one from Citrini Research tend to resonate because pessimism often sounds sophisticated, especially when it blends legitimate concerns about AI, employment, and financial markets into ...

While the award-winning macroeconomists in the steerage section are forecasting market meltdown and a 50% plop in stocks, ...

Trump passed a law a year ago making it legal for U.S. corps to bribe world governments (its true), while the rest of the world is strengthening trade agreements through the rules of law that divert ...

Canadians aged 18 and older can contribute to a TFSA each year up to the annual maximum. The initial contribution limit in 2009 was $5,000, and for this year it was set at $7,000. In total, the ...

It’s a privilege being old. Too many people never make it that far. But it ends. For everyone. The finish line comes. When you croak, the worries and stress end. Not for those left behind, however.

Mr. Market was not a happy camper today. Not only did fifteen inches of snow fall on Central Park, but the NYSE was dealing with a big risk-off trade. Ditto with Bay Street. And look at gold. And ...

Next week realtors will crawl out of their winter burrows, squint at the weak sun then likely retreat. No spring this year. When the stats are revealed (Wednesday for the GTA) they’ll show Feb ’25 was ...

The nation’s second-largest but most self-absorbed housing market tanked last month. You can’t blame the auto sector. There isn’t one. You can’t fault a populist, pugilistic, Trump-baiting government ...

Bad Bunny aside, last week’s Super Bowl was a dud. I should have heeded the prediction-market betting, which early on pegged the Seahawks as a massive favourite, and switched to the Olympics. But a ...