Market Insights

Stick with bonds for safety

A constant stream of scary global microeconomic cues has created unprecedented risk aversion among investors who are now playing for capital preservation rather than capital gain.

By Vikram Barhat |February 1, 2012

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Time to be contrarian

While there won’t be much of a pick-up in U.S. growth in the near future, the American economy is not falling apart. There's no better time to bet back into equities, says Paul Quinsee, CIO at JP Morgan Asset Management.

February 1, 2012

3 min read

Invest in innovation

Scientific and technical instruments sector trending up.

By Chip Brian |February 1, 2012

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Mortgage clampdown is positive

Canada’s banking regulators are putting the screws to lending practices they see as risky—particularly in the bubble condo markets that are forming in Toronto and Vancouver. And that's a good thing.

By Philip Porado |February 1, 2012

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