Canadian Bond Yields Hit Pre-Pandemic Levels, A Sign Higher Mortgage Rates Are Near
10/13/2021 12:06 PMThe Canadian bond market is sending real estate a message — credit is going to tighten. Government of Canada (GoC) 5-year bond yields hit the highest level in a year today. Yields for the segment are now triple the level they were last year. Since GoC bond yields...
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‘No growing support’ for fossil fuel divestment: RBC
10/13/2021 11:42 AMWorking with the fossil fuel industry to improve its environmental impact is seen as more effective than divesting from the emissions-heavy sector, according to RBC Global Asset Management's latest survey on environmental, social and governance-focused (ESG)...
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Employment numbers show bureaucrats benefit while private sector struggles
10/13/2021 11:07 AMStatistics Canada’s employment numbers released today show Canadians working outside government have struggled while the bureaucracy continues to grow. “There’s been a tale of two pandemics in Canada: one full of private sector pain, the other full of politicians and...
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How Democracy Ends
10/13/2021 10:36 AMHow Democracy Ends: COVID19 policy shows a (potential) path to the end of America The pandemic events of 2020-2021 outline a potential pathway for a future democratically elected President of the United States to systematically end democracy. The course of events...
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U.S. to reopen land borders to vaccinated Canadians
10/13/2021 10:22 AMFully vaccinated Canadian vacationers and day-trippers will be allowed to drive into the United States beginning in early November, the Biden administration said Tuesday, the first glimmer of hope in nearly 20 months for the families and businesses that depend on...
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Is Decarbonization Threatening Europe’s Energy Security?
10/12/2021 12:39 PMLater this month about 25,000 people are headed to Glasgow for the 26th annual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), known as COP26. The UK, this year’s host of the Conference of the Parties, has asked participants to submit more ambitious...
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EU launches first green bond with record size and demand
10/12/2021 12:09 PMThe European Union sold its first ever green bond to record demand on Tuesday, taking its first step to potentially become the biggest issuer of environmentally-friendly debt with a record-sized deal. The 15-year green bond raised 12 billion euros ($13.9 billion) and...
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There’s a big message in how to invest and trade the markets in the movement of energy. Learn it or miss out. Trading Desk Notes brought to you by Victor Adair!
10/12/2021 11:18 AMEnergy prices are smoking hot The Chart Of The Week is UK Natural Gas. Nearby futures hit All-Time highs in August – then quadrupled from there by early this week – only to fall in half by Friday (Putin indicated that Russia could increase supply.) New York Natural...
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Coinbase is launching a marketplace for NFTs
10/12/2021 10:28 AMCoinbase is getting into NFTs. The cryptocurrency exchange said Tuesday it plans to launch a marketplace that lets users mint, collect and trade NFTs, or non-fungible tokens. Users can sign up to a waitlist for early access to the feature, the company said. NFTs are...
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CFIB urges feds to tighten recovery benefit, extend other aid
10/12/2021 10:21 AMWith some key federal COVID-19 support programs set to expire in less than two weeks, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is urging the federal government to extend and adjust its aid. The CFIB represents almost 100,000 small and medium-sized...
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