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The merciless arithmetic of investing in commodity producers is imposing itself on many a portfolio: Copper down a few percentage points; copper stocks cut in half. It’s nice when the swing works in your favour; when it’s conspiring against your wealth, it’s an agony not even the Marquis de Sade could dream up. The bad [...]

  Canada’s benchmark stock index was showing moderate gains at midday Wednesday as continued gains in the price of oil offset a drop in the price of gold. The S&P/TSX composite index was ahead by 19 points, or 0.14 per cent, to 13,352, with the financials and energy sectors leading the advance. The price of [...]

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Fear is running high in the bond market. Treasury prices began the week sharply higher, sending the benchmark 10-year yield below 3% for the first time since June 27. “Being under 3% means a fear trade — we need to get back to at least 3% to have more confidence,” said [...]

Stock Market: Stock buybacks: That’s what most companies do when they buy their own shares. But how you can avoid the trap. FORTUNE — In 2006 and 2007 timber giant Weyerhaeuser (WY) conducted one of the biggest share buybacks in its history. It unleashed $800 million to purchase its shares, which were dancing near an [...]

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — After spending two months focused largely on the state of the U.S. economy, investors will get a chance to turn their eyes back to Corporate America this week. Several key companies will report their results for the second quarter this week, with investors getting profit reports from Dow members Alcoa (AA, [...]

Toronto Stock Market Crash 2008 The Toronto Stock Exchange and the Dow Jones continued their decline on Tuesday, posting triple-digit losses after the closing bell rang. Talk of interest rate cuts intensified as the losses piled up. Despite an early morning upswing of 250 points, the S&P/TSX composite index finished at a loss of 400.88 [...]

Stock Market Investment Strategy Investing in stocks doesn’t have to just for the market savvy. Anyone with a self directed IRA, or even just funds to open an investment account can invest in the stock market. Don’t know anything about stocks you say? Well, there is a solution for those that either don’t have the [...]

Ten tips to help you get started on the right foot investing in the stock market… Educate yourself about the market ~ Do your homework and learn all you can before you start deciding where to invest your hard-earned money. Look at the history of the stocks you’re considering and learn to read a prospectus.

The following is President Bush’s statement Saturday on the financial crisis, as released by the White House. He spoke in the Rose Garden after meeting with financial ministers from the G-7 nations: Thank you all very much. Good morning. [Treasury] Secretary [Henry] Paulson, Secretary [of State Condoleezza] Rice and I just had a productive discussion [...]

John D. McKinnon reports on the financial crisis from Washington. President Bush’s Rose Garden appearance Saturday morning was meant to provide a reassuring picture of stability — the world’s most powerful leader, standing alongside finance ministers of the seven old-line industrial powers, their flags flapping proudly in the autumn breeze. But as recent financial shocks [...]