‘Buy Canada’ extends to equity ETFs with biggest flow since 2021
Investors poured money into exchange-traded funds focused on Canadian equities last week at a rate not seen in four years.
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Investors poured money into exchange-traded funds focused on Canadian equities last week at a rate not seen in four years.
Lynas Rare Earths Ltd., backed by Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart, has been the most resilient stock on the country’s index during market turmoil.
U.S. stock futures tumbled and the dollar weakened as traders shifted their focus to concern that the trade war will bring lasting damage to the American economy.
Gold rose the most in nearly a year as global markets gyrated and the dollar weakened after U.S. President Donald Trump risked a brutal global trade war with sweeping new import tariffs.
Retail investors have for years been reliable buyers of any meaningful pullback in American equities. The bet this week was that the market rout triggered by President Donald Trump’s trade war would present a buying opportunity in the long run.
Some traders looking to hedge risks in the high yield bond market, amid fears that an avalanche of Trump administration tariffs could push the US economy into recession, turned to options on exchange-traded funds on Thursday.
Canada-listed exchange-traded funds brought in a record C$13.6 billion ($9.5 billion) in March, beating the high set in December by 28 per cent.
Gold climbed toward a record ahead of US President Donald Trump’s implementation of sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs, which are expected to take effect later Wednesday.
The North American uranium market is grinding to a halt as U.S. nuclear-power companies spooked by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats slow purchases and delay new contracts.
Gold rose to a record as concerns about a widening trade war remained front of mind for investors, after U.S. President Donald Trump pushed ahead with U.S. tariffs on all auto imports.
The world’s largest asset manager is betting big on a growing breed of derivatives-powered ETFs that’s shaking up the art of active portfolio management.
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.
Shopify Inc. is making moves that could allow it to enter major stock indexes, which would direct a flood of investor money into shares of the Canadian e-commerce platform.
Once-booming uranium stocks have been veering toward bust mode to start 2025.
Alternative digital currencies are outperforming Bitcoin amid a broad-based market rally as signs of more targeted U.S. tariffs reduces demand for haven assets.
Never-ending market disruption is upending investment blueprints everywhere in 2025, while hitting sentiment across U.S. stocks.