Investing

Here's what investors will be watching for in the week ahead.

Netflix is expanding into live sports, advertising, games and podcasts as it searches for its next phase of growth.

Walmart, Costco and Richemont offer retail opportunities tied to value, technology, membership loyalty and resilient luxury spending.

Most Canadians who can invest, invest when they can.

Most defensive stocks aren’t defensive anymore. The playbook that worked for decades has stopped working.

Vikram Bagri discusses First Solar and Nextpower as solar stocks tied to tariffs, manufacturing and storage growth.

Christine Tan explains how resilient growth and higher oil prices could shape the Bank of Canada’s interest-rate decisions.

U.S. consumers remain resilient, but weaker hiring and easing inflation could shift the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate path.

The U.K. has nationalized British Steel to protect the nation’s steelmaking capacity after the Chinese owners moved to shut the plant’s blast furnaces.

Canada’s main stock index moved nearly 100 points higher as strength in the financial sector helped offset weakness in basic materials and technology stocks.

Surging AI demand is lifting global suppliers, but Big Tech and recent IPOs face growing pressure to justify elevated spending and valuations.

Strong financial earnings are supporting Wall Street sentiment, but rising oil prices and geopolitical tensions remain key risks.

Jeanne Sun discusses U.S. large caps, bond duration, gold and cybersecurity as investors position portfolios for the second half of 2026.

SpaceX’s slip close to its initial public offering price risks turning a marquee stock-market debut into a confidence test, potentially unsettling retail investors and complicating decisions for other companies weighing high-profile listings.

Personal finance contributor Christopher Liew walks through five estate planning steps Canadians delay the most, and why waiting costs more than you'd think.