Weaker loonie, foreign takeovers boost investment, StatsCan says
Foreign investors snap up Canadian equities
Firms focused on growing Asian markets
Maple bonds prove popular
Investors find favour with foreign bonds in December
Canadians snap up foreign stocks
Investment outpaces domestic firms
Total purchases of foreign securities so far this year rises to $68.5 billion
Canadian investors scooped up $2.6 billion worth of international securities in September, down from $12.4 billion the previous month, Statistics Canada said today.Meanwhile, European and U.S. investors sold Canadian securities, mostly shares of resource companies, in September, a reversal from the heavy buying that had taken place since January, StatsCan said.Total purchases of foreign securities […]
Good foreign policy equals good domestic policy, Waugh says