FPX Announces Baptiste Economic Impact Study
FPX Nickel Corp. announced the findings of an Economic Impact Study for its Baptiste Nickel Project, highlighting its significant potential benefits to the regional, provincial, and national economy over 30 years. The study, conducted by Mansfield Consulting Inc., projects a total GDP contribution of $45.6 billion, labor income of $17.5 billion, and tax revenues amounting […]
Stock Futures Hold Steady as Key Data and Earnings Season Approach: Live Updates
Stock futures are little changed ahead of key data, earnings season: Live updates Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on the last day of trading for the year on Dec. 31, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Stock futures were little changed on Sunday as investors […]
Biden Enacts Ban on Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling in Majority of U.S. Territorial Waters
Biden issues ban on offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. territorial waters Share0 American Flag/ Pixabay.com President Biden signed an executive order on Monday that banned any further off-shore drilling for oil along the coast line of the United States as well as other U.S. territorial waters in the Gulf of Mexico and […]
Markets Weekly Outlook: Fed Policy Under Scrutiny as US Inflation Approaches
Markets Weekly Outlook – Fed Policy in Focus as US Inflation Lies Ahead Read More: Global Market Outlook 2025: Trends, Risks, and Opportunities for Traders Week in Review: US Jobs Growth Surge as Markets See Less Fed Rate Cuts Another shortened trading week has come to an end as the US had a day of […]
Where to Discover the Best US Bond Yields for Investors
Ivanna Hampton: Welcome to Investing Insights. I’m your host, Ivanna Hampton. Where should you invest in 2025? Because the days of 5% returns on cash are so 2024. Some cashlike investments like Treasuries and CDs are maturing now when yields are lower. Morningstar’s 2025 Outlook points to a path where investors could find returns as […]
Will the Most Significant Job Growth in Two Years Impact Banks?
Job growth surged in December, according to the latest employment report from Statistics Canada, raising the prospect of the Bank of Canada pausing its interest rate cuts. The economy added 91,000 jobs in December, significantly outpacing the FactSet forecast of 20,000, making for the strongest pace of new hiring in two years. The latest data […]
Forecast for January 13-17, 2025
Outlook for Jan. 13-17, 2025 With investor confidence in the Federal Reserve’s interest rate path fast dwindling, the inflation data next week will be of paramount importance for a flagging market. The earnings season is also starting to ramp up once more. Stocks posted a second straight losing week, after this week’s strong economic data […]
US Fed Pauses Rate Cuts Amid Strong Job Growth
The US economy continued to add new jobs at a healthy clip in December, with the latest jobs report likely cementing the Federal Reserve pausing interest rate cuts. The US economy added 256,000 jobs in December, according to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday morning. The December gain was well […]
Gold Shifts: Jobs on the Move – MINING.COM
But over my past quarter-century in the financial-newsletter business, I’ve watched almost every nonfarm-payrolls release and markets’ subsequent reactions in real-time. Because of those, Jobs Fridays prove some of the most-interesting days in the markets. You’d think the global gold market wouldn’t care about monthly changes in US jobs reported by its government, as there’s […]
Dallas Fed Energy Survey Reports Rise in Oil and Gas Sector Activity for Fourth Quarter
Dallas Fed Energy Survey Shows Oil, Gas Sector Activity Increase in 4Q Activity in the oil and gas sector increased slightly in fourth quarter 2024, according to oil and gas executives responding to the Dallas Fed Energy Survey. That’s what the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas stated late last week on a Dallas Fed Energy […]