Financial Insights That Matter RGA Investment Advisors, an investment management company, released its fourth quarter 2024 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. At first glance, 2024 seemed to be another exceptional year for equity markets, but a closer look revealed a markedly different situation. Even the overarching narrative held its […]
Financial Insights That Matter An employee carries a General Motors Chevrolet bumper at the Magna International Inc. Polycon Industries auto parts manufacturing facility in Guelph, Ont. Canada and Mexico were responsible for producing about 22 per cent of vehicles sold in the U.S. last year. (Credit: Cole Burston) Brian Kingston, chief executive of the Canadian […]
Financial Insights That Matter TORONTO, Feb. 4, 2025 /CNW/ – Dealertrack Canada, the leading financing platform provider in the automotive and recreational sectors, is proud to announce a transformative collaboration with Equifax Canada and Interac Corp. (Interac). This partnership introduces an industry-leading identity verification solution, using Equifax identity orchestration services integrated with Interac® document verification service. This innovative […]
Financial Insights That Matter OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister David McGuinty suggested Tuesday that some information about Canada’s upgraded border plan to halt fentanyl and illegal border crossings into the United States may not have flowed to U.S. President Donald Trump until Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke to the president by phone Monday. Canada first […]
Financial Insights That Matter (Reuters) – Hedge fund Starboard Value has nominated four directors, including its chief investment officer, to the board of consumer products company Kenvue, a regulatory filing showed on Wednesday. Starboard said it first reached out to Kenvue in December with its nominations, and has connected several times with the company’s board […]
Financial Insights That Matter (Bloomberg) — A last-minute deal to head off a trade war between the US and Canada has given investors a temporary reprieve, but Canadian leaders are warning about the high-stakes negotiations ahead. Most Read from Bloomberg US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agreed to pause tariffs on […]
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Financial Insights That Matter Standing behind heaping piles of drugs stacked in clear plastic bags and storage boxes, Toronto’s police chief last week announced the force’s largest-ever cocaine seizure, intercepted at the border in a truck entering from the United States. A few hours later, President Trump also addressed cross-border drug trafficking — but in […]
Financial Insights That Matter A signboard displays the TSX close in Toronto on Friday, June 4, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn · The Canadian Press U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempt to recast American foreign trade has been a rollercoaster ride for Canadian investors. For those looking to tune out the noise from south of the […]
Financial Insights That Matter TORONTO, Feb. 3, 2025 /CNW/ – Today’s announcement of a pause in the use of tariffs in Canada-U.S. trade is welcome relief for small businesses. But as the threat of tariffs continues to loom, the ongoing uncertainty will make it challenging for small business owners to plan and make decisions around their […]