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How strong oil demand will keep prices above US$100 a barrel despite recession fears
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How to invest in commodities and miners that are key to the energy transition
FILE PHOTO: Excavators and drillers at work in an open pit at Tenke Fungurume, a copper and cobalt mine 110 km (68 miles) northwest of Lubumbashi in Congo's copper-producing south. January 29, 2013. REUTERS/Jonny Hogg/File Photo
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Critics take aim at ‘wild west’ carbon offset market
Workers with ERA or Ecosystem Restoration Associates readies a few trees for planting in Maple Ridge June 29, 2007. ERA provides community-based climate mitigation and ecosystem restoration products, services, and solutions to the carbon offset and footprint neutral marketplaces. John Lehmann/Globe and Mail
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Investors spooked as gloom grips markets
Katie Martin
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How to play the bull case for agriculture stocks
FILE PHOTO: John Deere combines harvest wheat in a field of the Oktyabrskoe farming company in Akmola region, Kazakhstan, September 5, 2016. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo
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Advisors ‘should consider alternative’ investments regardless of what happens in the stock markets
In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, trader Colby Nelson works on the floor, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Stocks rose in afternoon trading on Wall Street Tuesday as investors review an encouraging report on retail sales and a mixed batch of earnings updates from several big retailers. (Courtney Crow/New York Stock Exchange via AP)
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How top advisors are managing portfolios with the threat of another recession
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange Friday, May 6, 2022 in New York. Stocks are swinging sharply on Friday. The S&P 500 was 0.5% lower in afternoon trading but only after careening from a steep morning loss to a brief, small gain. Wall Street is struggling with how to interpret a strong U.S. jobs report amid worries the Federal Reserve may cause a recession in its drive to halt inflation. (NYSE via AP)
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Advisor retirement boom fuels growth for succession matchmaking services
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Uranium ETF launches follow frenetic fund activity in the sector
FILE PHOTO: Uranium pellets, a nuclear fuel product for atomic power plants, are seen on a production line at Ulba Metallurgical Plant in Kazakhstan's eastern town of Ust-Kamenogorsk August 11, 2006. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo
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Women invest for the long-term in top companies they know and understand
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How to make clients’ dreams come true – even before retirement
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Demand for flow-through shares to rise with new tax credit and commodities rally
FILE PHOTO: The Suncor tar sands processing plant near the Athabasca River at their mining operations near Fort McMurray, Alberta, September 17, 2014. REUTERS/Todd Korol/File Photo
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Six dividend stocks with pricing power to combat inflation
FILE This Aug. 11, 2019, file photo shows a Visa logo on a credit card in New Orleans. Payment processing giant Visa's profits rose 21% in the first three months of the year fueled by a large jump in spending on the company's namesake credit and debit card network. The San Francisco-based company reported Tuesday, April 26, 2022, that it earned $3.65 billion, or $1.70 a share, in its fiscal second quarter that ended March 31. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
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Scotiabank REIT analyst reiterates top picks for growth, value and income investors
People at the Square One Shopping Centre in Mississauga, Ont. are photographed on Jan 4, 2022
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Investors weigh long-term impact of Ukraine war with no end in sight
A Ukrainian serviceman walks amid the rubble of a building heavily damaged by multiple Russian bombardments near a frontline in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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Is now the time to invest in emerging markets or to proceed with caution?
This photo taken on April 17, 2022 shows staff members packaging food - distributed by the local government - to give to residents under restrictions at home due to the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus in Nantong in China's eastern Jiangsu province. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Central bankers cannot afford to ignore the pain in commodities
Karen Petrou
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Emerging market fund managers face worsening outflows
A man wearing a face mask walks on an overpass, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Beijing, China April 8, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
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Investors seeking inflation hedge snap up U.S. farmland
FILE PHOTO: A farmer drives a tractor through farmland as Franklin County commissioners vote to end recognition of Governor Jay Inslee?s "Stay Home, Stay Healthy" mandate and allow businesses to reopen, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Franklin County near Pasco, Washington, U.S. April 22, 2020. REUTERS/David Ryder/File Photo
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Funds drive surge in end-of-quarter rallies, research suggests
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 30: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 30, 2022 in New York City. U.S. stocks opened low after rallying to start the week. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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How to play the impact of rising interest rates on the markets
In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, traders Robert Charmak, left, and Orel Partush confer on the floor, Thursday, March 24, 2022. Stocks edged higher in morning trading on Wall Street as a streak of cautious trading continues on world markets. (Courtney Crow/New York Stock Exchange via AP)
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Not all DIY investors are ‘jumping in and out’ of the market, some are investing long-term
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Canadian home bias prevails despite pandemic foreign investing spree
In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, trader Aman Patel works on the floor, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Stocks fell following a volatile day for major indexes as investors tried to measure how the Ukraine conflict will impact the global economy. (Courtney Crow/New York Stock Exchange via AP)
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Six bargain stocks with upside potential as volatility hits high priced shares
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - JULY 25: (L-R) Creator & producer Simon Fuller and director & producer John Downer of 'Serengeti' speak onstage during the Discovery Channel portion of the Discovery Communications Summer 2019 TCA Tour at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 25, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Amanda Edwards/Getty Images for Discovery)
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How some of Canada’s top wealth advisors are approaching this RRSP season
(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 13, 2019 US singer Taylor Swift performs onstage during the Z100's iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2019 at Madison Square Garden in New York. - After nearly 50 years as the longest number one hit of all time, it's finally time to say bye, bye Miss American Pie. Taylor Swift unseated Don McLean's 8-minute, 42-second epic about the day the music died with her 10-minute, 13-second version of her smash hit "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)", which soared to take the number one spot on the top songs chart this week, according to industry tracker Billboard. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Globe Advisor’s Best of 2021: A wild year for stocks
FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., November 29, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
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Commodities to veer between China hopes, pandemic fears in 2022
The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump jack in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas on Nov. 22, 2019.
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Three considerations before getting into cryptocurrency investments
Alexandra Horwood
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Renewable energy fuels new wave of investment trusts
(FILES) This file aerial photo taken on May 17, 2021 shows windmills at the Alexigros wind farm near Cyprus' southern coastal city of Larnaca. - Rising energy costs and environmental concerns have caused residents of Cyprus to see solar power as an obvious option. In the past year, the number of solar panels increased by 16 percent, according to the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC), but the east Mediterranean island is still struggling to increase its use of renewable power. (Photo by Roy ISSA / AFP) (Photo by ROY ISSA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Copper analysts reset outlook on China’s dual demand ructions
A worker inspects newly smelted copper anode sheets for delivery at the Dachang Copper companies refinery, in Shanghai on November 23, 2005.
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China energy crunch may boost overseas metal producers
A worker walks through an aluminium ingots depot in Wuxi, Jiangsu province Sept. 26, 2012.
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A cold winter means $100 crude: BofA
Crude oil storage tanks are seen in an aerial photograph at the Cushing oil hub in Cushing, Okla., on April 21, 2020.
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BHP’s petroleum exit shows oil and gas may follow coal’s path to toxic status
BHP's logo is projected on a screen during a round-table meeting with journalists in Tokyo, Japan, June 5, 2017.
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Will weakening Chinese demand continue to weigh on commodities?
FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida talks on the phone during the three-day "Challenges for Monetary Policy" conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, U.S., August 23, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Crosby/File Photo
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Why markets don’t trust oil stocks yet
Pump jacks are seen outside the West Siberian city of Kogalym, Russia, January 25, 2016.