A survey of investable Canadian sectors will eventually lead back to biotechnology, a corner of the market sure to elicit some well-deserved skepticism.With U.S. biotech stocks setting a torrid pace over the last several years, some of the hype was bound to spread to Canada, which has seen a recent uptick in biotech listings.More Related to this Story
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Thursday was the third day this week they tried to “gap up” the market in premarket, and instead sellers came in hot and heavy once the actual session started. These gap ups are making it difficult for the market to “flush out” and create a near term oversold condition. The S&P 500 fell 0.92% and NASDAQ 1.48%. A measure of […]
Spoofing, sometimes called “layering,” is a form of market manipulation where you pretend you want to sell a lot of stock, and everyone’s all, “Oh in that case I want to sell a lot of stock too,” and the stock goes down, and you actually buy a bit of stock instead, and you wait like a second and then pretend […]
DEC 5thUpbeat Jobs Data Leads To Modest Strength On Wall Street – Shy of a Major Milestone, Dow Closes at New High – Nov jobs report comes in well ahead of expectations – Financials lead on the day, energy falls againU.S. stocks rose on Friday, with the Dow and S&P 500 on track for their seventh straight weekly advance after […]
It’s one of the biggest questions to come out of the Republicans’ stunning election victory.”Will President Obama finally approve the Keystone XL pipeline?”The short answer: Yes, he will. And it will hand you a rare opportunity to pocket some serious profits. But you must act fast.How can I be so sure? Simple economics. And politics.Time magazine calls Canadian oil […]
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC S (OTCMKTS:SBGSY), a global energy management power house and parent company of Xantrex, reported a new strategic partnership with Canadian Energy Corp for distribution of Xantrex branded products in Canadian markets including among others commercial trucks, as well as recreational, marine, mining, golf cart, and fleet service vehicles.SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC S (OTCMKTS:SBGSY) started its trading session with the price […]
Stock Market Investors Conditioned To Catch The Falling KnifeStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Aug 16, 2014 – 04:03 PM GMTBy: Raul_I_MeijerThat’s not a bad metaphor to work with. “Conditioned to catch the falling knife”. The expression comes from the investment world, but it describes a much larger world today pretty accurately.Investors use it to describe people who see a stock fall, […]
Canadian stock markets may be a very small segment of global stock markets in terms of market capitalization (3-4%), but they are home to some of the best companies across sectors such as financial, energy, mining and minerals. These companies have proven track records in terms of profitability and growth, good management and strong balance sheets.The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) […]
Portuguese Bank Sell-off is a Stock Market Non EventStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Jul 13, 2014 – 04:51 PM GMTBy: Donald_W_DonyThe recent sell-off of a major Portuguese lender brought some early concerns to investors of a possible trickle down effect on global markets. In reality, the benchmark European index (Stoxx Europe 600) proved much more resilient than one of its smaller […]
Years ago, when I was working on a MNC account, the MD of the Indian operations (a Canadian) asked why his ads (for an FMCG brand) were not shown on sports channels during telecast of golf tournaments. When I told him that the numbers didn’t warrant it, he said, ‘but all my friends watch golf’. That’s the trouble with hanging […]
