Washington faces a budget battle to raise the debt ceiling and avoid default. The Treasury is using extraordinary measures to maintain payments, with funds depleting rapidly. But Treasurys with maturities nearing the date when the cash runs out are trading cheaply. It’s that time again when Washington braces itself to go to battle over the
Dividend stocks were solid last year but still trailed the broader market. Cheaper valuations should help the group narrow the gap with large-cap growth. Here are four parts of the market that dividend-minded investors should consider. Last year was excellent for large, growth-oriented stocks and those who invested in them. Apart from that, results were
Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System relied on steady returns from private assets, tailwinds from strong stock markets and a resilient U.S. dollar to earn a 4.4-per-cent return over a volatile first six months of the year. The pension fund had solid returns from its portfolio of public stocks, which gained 10.4 per cent as of