Chief among the many challenges brought on by COVID-19 is the acceleration of the global pension crisis. Low interest rates and decreased economic activity are ballooning pension liabilities and challenging return assumptions, ultimately stressing pension plans all over the world.

Don’t count out GameStop. Really.

The lockdowns of the past year have tempted food delivery companies in the U.S. and Europe to gorge. But they’re filling up on the equivalent of junk food — offerings that accelerate growth but have little nutritional value.

The GameStop Corp. short squeeze has been tipped as finance’s “French Revolution” — a middle finger to the establishment by a hive mind of Redditors able to channel cash into the stock market at such pace and scale that expert hedge funds have had to be thrown lifelines... It’s also rightly attracting regulatory scrutiny.

If Canadians were hoping for better times with a new man in charge to their south, they were quickly disappointed in at least one respect. One of President Joe Biden’s first acts after taking office was to revoke the permit for the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

There's only so much land available to plant new trees, and most other methods are expensive and difficult.

Sebastien Page says the time is now for investors to “re-optimize” model portfolios. 

The central bank isn’t likely to scale back its bond purchases anytime soon, but officials may continue mentioning the possibility to avoid wild market bubbles.

Early trial data, while promising, don’t justify the reception they are getting. More information is needed.

The price of the world’s best-known cryptocurrency is taking investors for a wild ride in 2021.