BNN Bloomberg is Canada’s definitive source for business news dedicated exclusively to helping Canadians invest and build their businesses. The trade war is set to plunge Canadian provinces into deeper deficits, revitalizing a sleepy corner of the credit market. Provinces are expecting wider deficits and higher funding needs, which means selling more bonds. The seven
Markets around the world continue to sink on fears about President Donald Trump’s protectionist trade policies, and investors keep plowing money into gold, with futures hitting another record high Monday. Trump’s latest round of tariffs roll out Wednesday, which Trump has been calling “Liberation Day.” Interest in buying gold can rise sharply in times of
Gold started the week with a fresh record high, ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s expected latest tariff barrage that’s heightened concerns of a global trade war. Bullion gained as much as 0.9% to top $3,115 an ounce, beating the previous all-time high set on Friday when it recorded a fourth weekly gain, with prices
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. ramped up its gold price forecast to $3,300 an ounce by year-end, citing stronger-than-expected central bank demand and solid inflows into bullion-backed exchange traded funds. The bank’s increasingly bullish view on the precious metal was shown by the new forecast from analysts Lina Thomas and Daan Struyven, who just last month
BNN Bloomberg is Canada’s definitive source for business news dedicated exclusively to helping Canadians invest and build their businesses. A Canadian investment firm changed the name of its U.S.-focused subsidiary to Made in America Gold from NV King Goldlands. The switch comes as U.S. President Donald Trump is encouraging firms to relocate operations to the
Gold rose to a record high above $3,028 an ounce as an escalation in Middle East tensions underscored its haven appeal, and investors weighed data that fueled concern the US economy is slowing down. Bullion climbed as much as 0.9 per cent as Israel launched military strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza, a move that
Wayne Lam, analyst director of mining research at TD Securities, shares his hot picks on gold miners. Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc. and Macquarie Group Ltd. have been vocal cheerleaders for gold during a breakneck rally that has taken prices to record highs above US$3,000 an ounce. With anxiety about the global economy growing,
The selloff that took the S&P 500 Index into a correction last week was notable for its relative calm. Now, as investors scour metrics of market sentiment and key price levels for hints of either a recovery or a further slide, they also need to watch a more nebulous aspect: market liquidity. Stock-market crises from
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has confirmed that North Korean hackers were behind what US media are calling the biggest crypto theft on record. The FBI made the announcement on Wednesday. Last Friday, the Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange Bybit said that it had digital assets worth about 1.5 billion dollars stolen in a cyberattack. The
(Bloomberg) — A diversified investment strategy that seeks to juice returns through leverage is finding new love among big money managers — more than a decade after it blew up during the 2008 financial crisis. The approach, widely known as “portable alpha,” uses derivatives to track returns of long-only indexes and then invests the