TORONTO — Paying down debt remains the top financial priority of Canadians, but it’s a goal many appear to be having difficulty meeting, according to a new poll conducted for CIBC (TSX:CM). The poll found that 26 per cent of respondents named debt reduction as their key financial goal for 2016, the sixth straight year
It’s not easy being a resource economy in the midst of a commodity-price slump and a major global shift away from carbon. The optimists say the worst is behind us — the TSX has tanked, the loonie has fallen, new investment in the oilsands has dropped off a cliff. There’s nowhere to go but up.
Debacle. Moral hazard. Outspoken U.S. short-seller Marc Cohodes uses frightening words to describe his outlook for Vancouver real estate in 2016. Since The Province’s story in June featuring Cohodes — a prominent investor who bets on the collapse of speculative bubbles — the stock price of the Canadian subprime lender he is targeting has been
