Activists pressure against JBS listing

A coalition of environmental groups is pushing U.S. securities regulators to thwart JBS SA’s New York share listing over concerns about the meatpacker’s impact on deforestation, climate change and other issues.  The Brazilian company, the world’s largest meat processor, hopes a U.S. listing will attract a broader investor base to give it more access to

Where are markets moving?

Where are markets moving?

Can past patterns give insight into this year’s winners and losers?

If what goes up must come down, then does what goes down always come up? Not necessarily, but it often works that way in the markets and in specific situations in the stock market. Last year was a very weak year for global equities, so what will stock markets do in 2023? Will they bounce


Dealing with a murky financial future

Forget ripples; the rocks thrown into the financial pond so far have made big waves

We’re halfway through the year and a lot has happened already. From a major invasion in Europe to rising interest rates and one of the worst starts for stocks ever, this year has not been without volatility.  We’ll take this mid-summer opportunity to do a 2022 halftime financial review of where we’ve been, what it

Farmers Edge plans IPO

Winnipeg-based company has made the initial steps in its plan to go public

Manitoba’s homegrown digital ag multinational has plans to go public. Farmers Edge this week announced it has filed a preliminary prospectus with provincial and territorial securities regulation authorities throughout Canada. National Bank Financial and CIBC Capital Markets will spearhead the offering, along with Scotia Capital, Cannacord Genuity and Raymond James. The expected number of common

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U.S. grains: Bargain buying boosts soy futures

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Tuesday, bouncing back from a sharp decline in a round of bargain buying after prices sank in the previous session to their lowest since Nov. 8, traders said. Wheat futures were mixed with short-covering boosting the most-active soft red winter wheat contracts after prices traded near


A hog finishing barn in China. Pork production in the country fell five per cent in the first six months in 2015.

Chinese slowdown could affect grain demand

After several years of stratospheric growth, China's economy has hit a rough patch

It’s an issue observers have talked about for years. But in recent weeks it seems to have reached a tipping point — at least according to general consensus from a cacophony of commentators. China is slowing down. Its stock market has fallen sharply since mid-June and the government is panicking, leaping into action with a