DBRS downgrades Ontario credit rating trend
Long-term rating down to “negative” from “stable”
- By: IE Staff
- June 11, 2004 June 11, 2004
- 14:33
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Midday report: Investors on sideline
S&P/TSX up six points; U.S. markets closed
- By: IE Staff
- June 11, 2004 June 11, 2004
- 11:02
Ontario debt profile “manageable,” Moody’s says.
New Brunswick debt rating upgraded
- By: IE Staff
- June 11, 2004 June 11, 2004
- 10:08
Trade surplus hits $7.6 billion, second-highest level ever
Suggests strong second quarter, economists say
- By: James Walker
- June 11, 2004 June 11, 2004
- 09:13
Consumer confidence continues to fall
At lowest level in two years, survey shows
- By: IE Staff
- June 11, 2004 June 11, 2004
- 08:48
Toronto stocks expected to open lower
U.S. markets closed for Reagan funeral
- By: IE Staff
- June 11, 2004 June 11, 2004
- 08:10
Market close: Investors look past interest rate hikes
S&P/TSX up 28 points; Dow gains 41
- By: Stewart Lewis
- June 10, 2004 June 10, 2004
- 15:40
Midday report: Markets bounce back
S&P/TSX up 40; Down ahead by 25
- By: IE Staff
- June 10, 2004 June 10, 2004
- 11:25
Paper suggests managers tinker with pension assumptions
Asset allocation decisions then based on manipulations
- By: IE Staff
- June 10, 2004 June 10, 2004
- 10:51
Steady growth in fixed income trading and issue: IDA
Falling rates spark Q1 rally
- By: IE Staff
- June 10, 2004 June 10, 2004
- 10:08
Housing prices, capacity utilization rates up
Two reports from Statistics Canada Thursday, on housing and capacity utilization, show the economy is still growing.The agency said housing prices continued to climb in…
- By: IE Staff
- June 10, 2004 June 10, 2004
- 09:00
Markets expected to open higher
Industrial capacity utilization rises in Q1
- By: IE Staff
- June 10, 2004 June 10, 2004
- 07:55
Canadian mortgage-backed securities market breaks $10-billion barrier
Standard & Poor’s says the Canadian mortgage-backed securities market has broken the $10-billion issuance barrier, signaling that this is a viable, liquid market.S&P reports that…
- By: James Langton
- June 9, 2004 June 9, 2004
- 16:06
Markets driven down by rate hike worries, declining oil prices
TSX falls 94.88; Dow off 64
- By: Stewart Lewis
- June 9, 2004 June 9, 2004
- 15:45
Look to Europe, Arnold advises
Europe “the cheapest offer on the street,” veteran manager tells advisors
- By: Kate McCaffery
- June 9, 2004 June 9, 2004
- 14:18
Midday report: Markets in the red
S&P/TSX down 53; Dow off 36
- By: IE Staff
- June 9, 2004 June 9, 2004
- 11:25
S&P affirms Brascan Financial ratings
Sector concentration a challenge, agency says
- By: James Langton
- June 9, 2004 June 9, 2004
- 10:29
Slow progress in CSR management: report
Canadian companies are making slow progress in implementing corporate social responsibility management and disclosure practices, says a new report by the Conference Board of Canada.The…
- By: IE Staff
- June 9, 2004 June 9, 2004
- 09:48
Stocks expected to open lower
Manulife inks IT outsourcing deal with CGI
- By: IE Staff
- June 9, 2004 June 9, 2004
- 07:55
Oil price report sparks late market rally
Dow jumps 41 points; S&P/TSX off less than a point
- By: IE Staff
- June 8, 2004 June 8, 2004
- 15:45
Trading value on TSX Venture exchange up 237%
Venture composite off 8% at end of May
- By: IE Staff
- June 8, 2004 June 8, 2004
- 14:26
IDA wants markets closed Friday
Would be in conjunction with U.S. decision to close markets
- By: IE Staff
- June 8, 2004 June 8, 2004
- 13:07
Midday markets: Stocks lower on rate worries
S&P/TSX down 18.59; Dow off 10.93
- By: IE Staff
- June 8, 2004 June 8, 2004
- 11:15
Central bank silent on what’s ahead
But strong performance of economy suggests rates will rise in fall
- By: IE Staff
- June 8, 2004 June 8, 2004
- 10:21
Stocks expected to open flat
Bank of Canada keeps target for the overnight rate at 2%
- By: IE Staff
- June 8, 2004 June 8, 2004
- 08:10