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This is one of those strange times when markets appear to be sending conflicting signals. Specifically, the 15 per cent rebound in the S&P 500 stock index since bottoming in mid-June suggests a light at the end of the economic tunnel. In fact, secon...

Since January, the US economy and stock markets have been hit by the perfect storm. The S&P 500 registered its worst half year since 1970 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average had its largest first-half decline since 1972. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine...

Soaring inflation has upended the financial markets this year, resulting in sliding asset prices and elevated volatility. Cautious investors continue to brace for unfriendly central bank policies designed to cap the steadily rising prices of goods a...

A common topic among investors is how to protect asset values and incomes while inflation is rising. The major asset classes: stocks, bonds and cash, do not immediately appear to offer a direct hedge against the impact of rising prices, leading some ...

The last couple of years can be described as anything but normal. Since early 2020, global government responses to the worldwide pandemic have ranged from extreme lockdowns to variable reopening policies, while massive monetary and fiscal stimulus h...

After a year lost to Covid-19, 2021 began with sense of optimism. By the beginning of last year, several effective vaccines had been approved in record time, economic growth was bouncing back from one of the sharpest recessions on record and stock ma...

Those invested in the broader equity markets should be happy with this year’s results. Despite rising interest rates, new waves of the coronavirus and China’s backlash against capitalism, risk markets have soared in 2021 with the MSCI World Stock ind...

Since early last summer, the US Federal Reserve has been talking about tapering. In order to support the economy during the pandemic, America’s central bank has been keeping longer-term interest rates artificially low by purchasing US Treasury bonds...

Since February, semiconductor stocks have been getting cheaper relative to the rest of the market and that could be an opportunity for long term investors. Price action in the sector has lately been choppy as investors weigh the upward momentum of a...

Banks, insurance companies and other financial sector stocks have been big winners this year. Rebounding sharply after last year’s wipe out, the sprawling industry has advanced by 19.39 per cent year-to-date. The sector’s return has exceeded the broa...