Consumers conflicted about insurance pricing and data: Accenture
More consumers would share data for preferred pricing, but they worry about security
- By: IE Staff
- January 26, 2021 January 26, 2021
- 12:35
Latest news in Research and Markets
Smaller investors face down hedge funds as GameStop soars
Short sellers are coming up against retail investors determined to maintain the videogame retailer's momentum
- By: The Associated Press
- January 25, 2021 January 25, 2021
- 15:29
Fed will likely stress commitment to low rates amid pandemic
On Wednesday, Powell may aim to puncture speculation about the Fed curtailing its bond purchase program
- By: Christopher Rugaber, The Associated Press
- January 25, 2021 January 25, 2021
- 15:16
Pension funds ride stock markets to solid gains: report
Volatile year finished with strong returns
- By: James Langton
- January 25, 2021 January 25, 2021
- 12:18
Inflation may not only be a short-term risk, report says
Some of the longer-term deflationary pressures are becoming less potent
- By: Mark Burgess
- January 25, 2021 January 25, 2021
- 12:15
Uncertain investors holding off on investing, RRSP contributions: poll
Most respondents (70%) said it was hard to know what to do in the current environment
- By: IE Staff
- January 25, 2021 January 22, 2021
- 09:00
Financial firms’ digital transformation went into overdrive in 2020
Broadridge survey found pandemic caused firms to fast track their digital strategies
- By: IE Staff
- January 25, 2021 January 25, 2021
- 08:00
Global banking balance sheets have grown amid pandemic: BIS
The total assets of banks in BIS-reporting countries grew by 12% year-over-year
- By: James Langton
- January 22, 2021 January 22, 2021
- 15:15
Retail sales rose 1.3% in November
StatsCan's early estimate suggests retailers saw sales fall in December, though, at the height of the holiday shopping season
- By: IE staff, with files from Canadian Press
- January 22, 2021 January 22, 2021
- 13:59
Existing U.S. home sales rose in 2020 to highest pace in 14 years
Sales rose to 6.48 million for 2020, the highest level since 2006
- By: Martin Crutsinger, The Associated Press
- January 22, 2021 January 22, 2021
- 12:23
Flows into exchange-traded ESG products spiked in 2020
Assets invested in ESG products more than doubled last year
- By: IE Staff
- January 22, 2021 January 22, 2021
- 11:39
In a choppy year, fund sales, assets surge: IFIC
Mutual fund net sales nearly doubled, but still trailed ETF sales
- By: James Langton
- January 21, 2021 January 21, 2021
- 15:47
European Central Bank stimulus on track as economy struggle
Central bank's bond-purchasing program remains unchanged
- By: David McHugh, The Associated Press
- January 21, 2021 January 21, 2021
- 15:35
Bank of Canada may need to hike rates sooner than planned: report
Robust consumer spending may drive inflation and a rate hike sometime in 2022
- By: James Langton
- January 21, 2021 January 21, 2021
- 15:10
U.S. bank earnings face continued challenges in 2021: Fitch
Low rates, weak loan demand likely headwinds for the year ahead
- By: James Langton
- January 21, 2021 January 21, 2021
- 15:06
Tech sector drove strong global VC investment in 2020: KPMG
U.S. and Europe set records in 2020 while activity in Canada remained high
- By: James Langton
- January 21, 2021 January 21, 2021
- 14:24
W-shaped recovery would be ‘very severe’ without government assistance: CMHC
CMHC stress test evaluates the impact of various economic scenarios
- By: Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press, The Canadian Press
- January 21, 2021 January 21, 2021
- 13:55
Investors bullish on Q1 returns while advisors remain cautious
Advisors have cooled on the tech-heavy NASDAQ, with sentiment shifting to cyclical sectors
- By: IE Staff
- January 21, 2021 January 21, 2021
- 12:45
Growth in Halal investing gives Muslims opportunity align investments with values
Investing based on religious values remains a small but growing trend
- By: Ross Marowits, The Canadian Press, IE Staff
- January 21, 2021 January 21, 2021
- 12:17
European Central Bank faces increasingly gloomy economic picture
A winter surge of Covid-19 cases suggests EU economic output will fall again in Q1
- By: David McHugh, The Associated Press
- January 21, 2021 January 21, 2021
- 10:56
CFIB raises estimate of small businesses at risk of closing permanently
One in six small business owners are considering closing their doors for good, says CFIB
- By: The Canadian Press
- January 21, 2021 January 21, 2021
- 10:30
Clock ticking for CEOs to grow profits again
Analysts expect S&P 500 earnings to grow by roughly 17% in Q1 of 2021
- By: Stan Choe, The Associated Press, The Associated Press
- January 21, 2021 January 21, 2021
- 10:12
Outlook brightens for U.S. junk debt: Fitch
The rating agency cut its default forecast based on refinancings and an economic recovery
- By: James Langton
- January 20, 2021 January 20, 2021
- 16:42
CSR companies weren’t spared in Covid-19 crisis, research finds
Corporate social responsibility didn't result in better stock market performance
- By: James Langton
- January 20, 2021 January 20, 2021
- 14:53