Market Insights

A.M. market numbers: September 08, 2009

The Toronto stock market headed for a positive open as economic optimism helped send oil prices higher while gold moved over US$1,000 an ounce. U.S. futures also pointed to a higher open as the Dow Jones industrial futures advanced 89 points to 9,506, the Nasdaq futures gained 15.75 points to 1,651.5 and the S&P 500 […]

By Staff |September 8, 2009

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P.M. market numbers: September 8, 2009

The Toronto stock market closed at its highest level of the year as a weak U.S. dollar sent oil and metal prices higher. There was also optimism over a weekend pledge by the world’s 20 biggest economies to support the global recovery with stimulus efforts. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 87.83 points at 11,105.3, […]

By Staff |September 8, 2009

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P.M. market numbers: September 4, 2009

The Toronto stock market closed higher thanks to gains in energy and financial stocks as investors reacted to better than expected August job reports. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 95.98 points to 11,017.47 as the Canadian economy added 27,100 jobs in August. The showing was much better than the loss of 22,000 jobs that […]

By Staff |September 4, 2009

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A hands-on approach to landing in retirement

I do a lot of flying across Canada. Because of that, I am conscious of the fact that most of the time, the plane almost lands itself (and, if you happen to be in the right plane at the right airport, it completely lands itself). But sometimes, the pilot is required to take over and […]

By Peter Drake |September 3, 2009

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