Empowering Investment: How the Fund Manager Harnesses Volatility
From President Trump to tariffs, rate cuts, and rising yields, the past year has been challenging for fixed income. And that’s before you look at returns. “We are in a highly unusual time,” says Dagmara Fijalkowski, lead manager of RBC Bond Fund F. “The probability of something going wrong when you have so many different […]
Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Futures Dip as S&P 500 Ends Six-Day Winning Streak
Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures slide after S&P 500 breaks a six-day win streak US stock futures pulled back on Wednesday as investors weighed a flare-up in US-China tensions over chips and braced for a batch of retail earnings for insight into the economic impact of President Trump’s tariffs. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) […]
German Finance Minister Urges Quick Resolution to Trump Tariff Disputes Amid G7 Meeting in Canada – Europe Live | Germany
German finance minister calls for swift resolution to Trump tariff wars as G7 finance ministers meet in Canada – Europe live | Germany Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Poland rolls over law suspending asylum for migrants crossing from Belarus Elsewhere, the Polish parliament has rolled over […]
April Inflation Eases, Yet…
Canada’s Consumer Price Index rose 1.7% annually in April, slightly above FactSet estimates of 1.6% but down sharply from 2.3% in March—its slowest pace since September. The inflation slowdown reduces the likelihood of the Bank of Canada cutting interest rates at its June 4 meeting. The latest Statistics Canada report showed the index retreated 0.1% […]
FPX Provides Update on Affiliate Company CO2 Lock Corp
FPX Nickel Corp. has updated its activities related to its subsidiary, CO2 Lock Corp., which focuses on carbon capture and storage (CCS). Established in 2022, CO2 Lock aims for permanent CO2 mineralization and retains carbon credits from its projects. Recent achievements include a successful CCS field program at the SAM site and signing agreements with […]
Perpetua Resources Secures Final Federal Permit for the Stibnite Gold Project in Idaho
Perpetua Resources (Nasdaq: PPTA) (TSX: PPTA) announced Monday that the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued Perpetua’s Clean Water Act Section 404 permit for the Stibnite Gold project in Idaho. The decision comes after eight years of rigorous inter-agency federal permitting, and was the last federal permit required to progress towards construction. […]
Applied Materials Earnings: Cutting-Edge Chip Performance
Editor’s Note: This analysis was originally published as a stock note by Morningstar Equity Research. Key Morningstar Metrics for Applied Materials What We Thought of Applied Materials’ Earnings Applied Materials’ AMAT April-quarter revenue rose 7% year over year to USD $7.1 billion, down 1% sequentially. Non-GAAP gross margin rose 170 basis points year over year […]
Novo Nordisk: CEO’s Unexpected Exit Signals…
Editor’s Note: This analysis was originally published as a stock note by Morningstar Equity Research. Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen will step down as part of an accelerated leadership transition. Former CEO Lars Rebien Sørensen (current chair of the parent company and majority shareholder, the Novo Nordisk Foundation) will join the Novo Nordisk board. […]
Recycling Milestone Achieved: EcoCathode Reclaims 95% of EV Battery Metals, Setting New Global Standards for Eco-Friendly Technology Efficiency
Recycling Record Shattered: EcoCathode Achieves 95% EV Battery Metal Recovery, Redefining Global Standards for Green Tech Efficiency In the dynamic field of electric vehicles (EVs), the significance of sustainable battery technology is becoming increasingly apparent. Altilium, a pioneering UK-based company, has achieved a remarkable breakthrough by producing EV battery cells made up of 95% recycled […]
10 Best-Performing US Equity ETFs
It’s been a wild ride for investors in US stock exchange-traded funds in recent months, rolling from a bull market into a tariff-driven downturn and back up again. Amid this volatility, it can be difficult to sift through the dozens of US stock ETFs available to Canadian investors. To screen for the top-performing ETFs in […]