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Will your top investing regret of 2024 be that you didn’t prepare for obvious risks ahead?
Rob Carrick
Volatility funds lure investors as markets turn jittery
Currency traders watch monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top center, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, top right, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024.
U.S. wholesale inflation cooled in July in sign that price pressures are continuing to ease
File - A man maneuvers a lift at S. Katzman Produce at the Hunts Point Produce Market on Nov. 22, 2022, in the Bronx borough of New York. On Friday, the Labor Department releases the producer price index for July, an indicator of inflation at the wholesale level. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)
Analysts’ forecast returns, recommendations and yields for all stocks in the S&P/TSX Composite Index
A TSX tote board is pictured in Toronto, on Dec. 31, 2012.
Starbucks shares soar as coffee chain taps Chipotle’s Brian Niccol as CEO in surprise move
FILE - This Tuesday, March 14, 2017, file photo shows the Starbucks logo on a shop in downtown Pittsburgh. Starbucks reports earnings on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Canada’s seat-of-the-pants response to disaster management isn’t working
André Picard
Top rebound candidates in still-hot semiconductor sector from a BofA analyst
An Nvidia Blackwell GPU is displayed at COMPUTEX in Taipei, Taiwan June 4, 2024.
Strengthening storm Ernesto expected to become hurricane as it heads for Puerto Rico
This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken at 4:30 p.m. EDT and provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Tropical Storm Ernesto over the Atlantic Ocean and moving west-northwest toward the Lesser Antilles, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. (NOAA via AP)
Biden is announcing $150-million in research grants as part of his ‘moonshot’ push to fight cancer
FILE - President Joe Biden speaks on the cancer moonshot initiative at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, Sept. 12, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Nova Scotia launches take-home STI testing kit, a first in Atlantic Canada
Nova Scotia's provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa on July 3, 2020. Nova Scotia is rolling out a take-home sexually transmitted infection test kit, a first of its kind in Atlantic Canada, in hopes of reducing barriers to vital sexual health care. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Hamas fires rockets at Tel Aviv after Israeli air strike kills 19 people in Gaza
A man pushes his bicycle over rubble as displaced Palestinians return to Bani Suhayla and neighbouring towns east of Khan Yunis following reports of Israeli forces withdrawing from the area in the southern Gaza Strip on July 30, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. Gaza's civil defence agency said on July 30 that an Israeli operation in and around the territory's second city of Khan Yunis killed about 300 people since it began last week, while the army said it had "eliminated 150 terrorists". (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP) (Photo by BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty Images)
Racialized workers in Canada less likely to be represented by a union, report says
Workers are pictured at the Vancouver Shipyard on October 7, 2013. Black and racialized workers in Canada are significantly less likely to be represented by a union, according to a new report. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Business Brief: Mining our business
Attendees look at the electric Han EV sedan from Chinese automaker BYD during the Auto Shanghai 2023 show in Shanghai, on April 19, 2023. Threatened by possible shortages of lithium for electric car batteries, automakers are racing to lock in supplies of the once-obscure "white gold" in a politically and environmentally fraught competition from China to Nevada to Chile. General Motors Co. and the parent company of China's BYD Auto Ltd. went straight to the source and bought stakes in lithium miners, a rare step in an industry that relies on outside vendors for copper and other raw materials. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
‘They crossed the line’: Crown in closing arguments for convoy organizers Tamara Lich, Chris Barber
Freedom Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber wait for the Public Order Emergency Commission to begin, Nov. 1, 2022 in Ottawa. The drawn-out criminal trial of "Freedom Convoy" organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber is expected to wind down this week as lawyers prepare to deliver their final arguments. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
IEA trims 2025 oil demand outlook as China offsets global gains
FILE PHOTO: A view of the logo of the International Energy Agency in Paris, France, December 15, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo
Harris cautiously rolls out policy, aiming to outmanoeuvre Trump and address 2020 liabilities
FILE - Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally, Aug. 7, 2024, in Romulus, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
Flashy designs, fresh amenities: Building owners eye upgrades amid return-to-office
The National Bank of Canada recently opened two new buildings on St. Jacques Street in Montreal.
Why journalism made a devil’s bargain with big tech
Podcast
Julia Angwin
In Canada’s rise to riches, Globe business journalists have spent 180 years following the money
I earned a promotion, but the company keeps delaying the raise as outlined in my contract
File #: 4832861 Leadership - Male Boss Speaking At The Meeting in sunny office Credit: Marcin Balcerzak / iStockphoto (Royalty-Free) Keywords: Business, Coach, Meeting, Training, Leadership, Government, Mediation, Manager, Presentation, Role Model
Tuesday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
A worker stocks shelves of produce at a Metro grocery store In Toronto on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024.
Home Depot warns of sales, profit decline on weak consumer spending
FILE - A view of the exterior of the Home Depot improvement store, in Niles, Ill., on Feb. 19, 2022. Home Depot reports earnings on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. Home Depot's sales rose slightly in its fiscal second quarter as the country's biggest home improvement retailer saw gains from a recent acquisition, but it continues to be squeezed by customers watching their spending due to prolonged high interest rates. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
Iran dismisses European calls for restraint amid Middle East tensions
A billboard with a picture of late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and Iran's President, Masoud Pezeshkian, is displayed on a building in a street in Tehran, Iran, August 12, 2024. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY
Morning Update: The end of small-city air travel
The tail of an Air Canada plane is seen at Pearson Airport in Toronto, on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. Air Canada will report its second-quarter financial results on Wednesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Oil tumbles on easing fears of wider Middle East war
FILE - A worker walks near pumpjacks operating at the Kern River Oil Field in Bakersfield, Calif., Jan. 16, 2015. The oil and gas industry’s emissions are a main cause of climate change and in the past the industry undermined sound evidence that carbon greenhouse gases warm the atmosphere. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
How Minnesota is winning – and Alberta is losing – the competition for clean power cash
An analysis suggests that a year after Alberta imposed a seven-month moratorium on renewable power approvals, the legacy has been dozens of cancelled projects and legal uncertainty. Power transmission lines and wind turbines as seen with the Rocky Mountains in the background near Pincher Creek, Alta., Thursday, June 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Our federal leaders won’t trust Canadians with the hard truth about defence spending
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference at the NATO Summit in Washington on July 11, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Why culture still eats strategy for breakfast in the workplace
After death of fraudster, Ontario law society urged to warn lawyers working for notorious clients
Alijan Alijanpour, an Iranian artist, is photographed in his Thornhill gallery on July 9, 2024. Alijanpour was one of the individuals who was defrauded by Arash Missaghi. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail.
The close: North American indexes end higher as softer U.S. producer prices data boosts rate-cut bets
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., August 8, 2024.
Is Scotiabank’s new interest in the U.S. surprising? No, it’s back to the basics
FILE PHOTO: A person walks past a sign for The Bank of Nova Scotia, operating as Scotiabank, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada December 13, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo
Russia says it thwarted a Ukrainian charge to expand its incursion, Kyiv says it won’t occupy land
A Ukrainian Humvee passes through the destroyed Russian border post at the Sudzha border crossing with Ukraine, on Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. Russian forces are pummeling Ukrainian positions along the front lines in Eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian military officials said, as attacks on Russian soil by Ukraine continue. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)
Fear fades in U.S. stocks, but history shows quick return to calm unlikely
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) ahead of the closing bell in New York City on August 5.
What every Canadian investor needs to know today
FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., August 8, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Overseas investors turn bearish on Japanese equities after brutal sell-off
FILE PHOTO: A man stands next to an electronic stock quotation board inside a building in Tokyo, Japan August 2.
A developer, a beloved island and an old amusement park
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Car prices are coming down, especially for EVs, as inventory rises
A 2022 Volkswagen ID. 4 EV is shown at a charging station at a Scarborough, Ontario Canadian Tire on Wednesday June 14, 2023. Statistics Canada says sales for electric vehicles were up 53 per cent in the first quarter, compared to the same time last year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives
Six dividend stocks with rate-cut tailwinds
Pedestrians walking past a Tim Hortons coffee shop at Yonge St. and Richmond St. West are photographed on May 15, 2024. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
‘Free speech … no excuse to break the law.’ Protests and policing, plus other letters to the editor for Aug. 13
Police argue with Pro-Palestinian protesters as they gather along the route of the United Jewish Appeal’s annual Walk With Israel march in Toronto, on Sunday, June 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey
Indians wanting their money back for undelivered Teslas shows how drastically the EV market changed
FILE PHOTO: Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk walks next to a screen showing an image of Tesla Model 3 car during an opening ceremony for Tesla China-made Model Y program in Shanghai, China January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song//File Photo
Suspected attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels target shipping in the Red Sea, officials say
Protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, hold up posters of assassinated Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, newly appointed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and Hezbollah senior commander Fuad Shukr, who was killed in an Israeli strike, as they attend a rally to show solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen August 9, 2024. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
Francis fires gem, Wagner gets three hits in MLB debut as Blue Jays beat Angels 4-2
Aug 12, 2024; Anaheim, California, USA; Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Will Wagner (7) runs after hitting a single against the Los Angeles Angels during the fifth inning at Angel Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports
Looking ahead to Los Angeles: 10 Canadian athletes to watch for 2028 Olympics
Man City facing tumultuous season in bid to retain status as king of the Premier League
FILE - Manchester United's head coach Erik ten Hag celebrates with the trophy after winning the English FA Cup final soccer match between Manchester City and Manchester United at Wembley Stadium in London, on May 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ian Walton)
Banff residents vote against downtown pedestrian zone in plebiscite
Banff residents have given a thumbs down to a pedestrian zone in the community's downtown, rejecting the idea in a plebiscite Monday. Attendees at a business event take a break in Banff, Alta., Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Your daily horoscope: August 13, 2024
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