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After much talk of an imminent recession, we find ourselves once again back in a roaring bull market. The latest leg higher in equities — which has pushed the benchmark indices to records...

For at least two weeks, oil prices had an unreal, even embarrassing feel to them, rallying in an almost straight line on the puff that the U.S.-China agreement was “close” to happening,...

Rising U.S. crude inventories, a weakening Chinese economy and an ever-elusive trade deal are setting up oil prices for another fall. WTI edged down, slipping from a rebound and extending a slide for...

Trade tensions are putting investors on the defensive, and the yen is geared up for another leg in last week’s rally.Markets appear paralyzed as investors seek a reliable view on whether there...

With all the manufactured excitement over U.S.-China progress and oil bulls’ fantasy over where crude prices could go, it’s a little easy to lose sight sometimes of the commodities that...

Last week was like a bomb that hit the cannabis industry. By the time the dust settled, no less than $5 billion (C$6.6 billion) in market capitalization was wiped out from the value of the five...

Retail week is upon us, the final portion of earnings season which traditionally closes this period of reporting. A variety of big retailers are in the spotlight in the coming week, and most have done...

The trade deal headlines might have become tiring to the traders, but not to their machines. Headline-reading algorithmic trading models will remain alert to words like “close,”...

After three months of underperformance, the shares of Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) are again flirting with a record high. The latest momentum is backed by investors’ enthusiasm that the...

A couple of weeks back, we explored in this column the wild bronco ride that natural gas can be. After five out of six weeks in the red, gas futures on New York’s Henry Hub suddenly turned...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was bullish on the US economy in his annual testimony to the Joint Economic Committee of Congress on Wednesday, leading him to reaffirm his earlier suggestions that...

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) is scheduled to release corporate results after market close today. The forecast calls for EPS of $0.81 and revenue of $13.07 billion — slightly lower than the...

‘Tis the season to be chocolatey. As the top time of the year for bakes and other treats approach, demand and prices for cocoa, the world’s No. 1 confection and beverage commodity is also...

New Zealand’s dollar slumped after a weakening in inflation expectations spurred bets on a rate cut tomorrow. Taking a longer view, however, the market will soon make up its mind between a...

It’s shaping up to be a pivotal week in the cannabis sector as several big names are set to unveil their latest earnings, beginning later today and continuing through Thursday. Given the cluster...

They rose together on the bullish fervor that only the rare confluence of events like the trade war and Fed easing can bring. Now silver, often called the poor man’s gold, looks set to share the...