July 17, 2025
Operating Assets

OMERS reports 8.3-per-cent gain propelled by strong U.S. dollar as tariff threat looms

A weakened Canadian dollar helped propel Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System to an 8.3-per-cent annual gain on its investments, as tariff threats and a buoyant American economy boosted the relative value of U.S. dollar assets. OMERS has 53 per cent of its $138-billion of assets in the U.S. and pays pensions in Canadian dollars. About

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Gold Investing

Gold Marks Fresh Record After Bullion-Backed ETFs See Inflows

(Bloomberg) — Gold touched a fresh record, as exchange-traded funds backed by the precious metal draw renewed interest from investors. Bullion hit a new all-time high of $2,956.19 an ounce on Monday, topping the previous peak reached on Thursday, before paring gains. Prices have risen for the past eight weeks, the longest streak since 2020.

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Fixed Assets

Proposed legislation would allow WI farmers to fix repair at a fair cost

A week after Attorney General Kaul added the state of Wisconsin to a lawsuit against Deere & Company to protect farmers from unfair corporate tactics and and high repair costs, state Sen. Brad Pfaff introduced Right to Repair legislation. Pfaff says the consumer protection proposal creates a right to repair agricultural equipment by requiring manufacturers

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Operating Assets

1.25 Lakh Government Jobs, 1.5 Lakh Private Jobs Part 1, khaskhabar.com

1 of 1 khaskhabar.com : Wed, 19 Feb 2025 5:37 PM Sayed Habib, JaipurRajasthan’s Finance Minister, Diya Kumari, presented the second full budget of the Bhajanlal government. During her 138-minute budget speech, the most significant announcement was aimed at the youth. The government plans to recruit 1.25 lakh candidates for government jobs within the next

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Financial Assets

Consumers need a watchdog to guard their wallets from bad deals

Trump shuts down US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Protesters are calling on the Trump administration to change course and re-open the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). It is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for consumer protection in the financial sector founded in 2011 after the Great Recession. Fox – Seattle CFPB

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Financial Assets

Opinion: Just what can stop the all-powerful Donald Trump? The stock market, our last hope

Open this photo in gallery: A cut-out of president-elect Donald Trump is displayed on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York’s Financial District on Jan. 2.Seth Wenig/The Associated Press John Rapley is a contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail. He is an author and academic whose books include Why Empires

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Gold Investing

Canadian investors add gold, uranium stocks as trade war risk grows

As the threat of a trade war grows, Canadian investors are seeking protection in gold and in shares of companies producing goods with few substitutes, such as uranium, while looking to take advantage of a weaker loonie and expected volatility. U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to implement a 25% tariff on most Canadian imports

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Gold Investing

Gold Stocks Shine in Toronto as Yawning Rate Gap Pummels Loonie

With 2024 being an exceptional year for gold, Daniel Ghali, director of commodities strategy at TD Securities, explains whether 2025 will see similar results as (Bloomberg) — As Canada’s currency weakens, fund managers are leaning into sectors that pay expenses in the local currency while collecting revenue in US dollars. That has made buying stocks

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Financial Assets

Philippines Sells $3.3 Billion of Dollar, Euro Bonds

(Bloomberg) — The Philippines on Thursday sold a two-part dollar bond and a euro tranche, capitalizing on a recent drop in borrowing costs abroad. The Southeast Asian nation, which has investment-grade credit ratings, raised $2.25 billion (2.4 billion euros) in dollar-denominated bonds due in 10 and 25 years, along with a €1 billion ($1.04 billion)

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