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Online trading platform reviews. Canada’s resilience promises new opportunities

During this COVID-19 pandemic, Canada’s priority has been one of protection and preparation: protecting people’s health and safety while preparing business for a smooth transition to recovery. By following the advice of Canada’s public health officials, this entire country—our citizens, business people and political leaders—have been working together to make sure we are well-positioned for…
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Online trading platform reviews. Global pandemic: How Canada is rising to the challenge

On December 30, 2019, Toronto-based BlueDot informed its clients about unusual pneumonia cases detected around a market in Wuhan. Using artificial intelligence, the company’s platform predicts the spread of infectious diseases. It was the first to predict the COVID-19 outbreak. Three months later, companies everywhere in Canada are finding new ways to join the fight…
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Online trading platform reviews. Why the American tech industry is innovating in Canada

At a time when foreign direct investment flow into developed economies plummeted by 40 percent, investors went all in on Canada in 2018, intensifying their investment in the country by 70 percent. In fact, when Amazon announced it would be dividing its HQ2 pie into numerous slices, its further expansion into Vancouver became the largest…
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Online trading platform reviews. Why U.S. companies from all industries are flocking to Canada

At a time when multinationals face increasingly restrictive access to some markets, Canada remains an open and progressive global player and an optimal ecosystem in which to quickly scale up and innovate for the future. In 2017, Salesforce announced that it would invest $2 billion in its Canadian companies over the following five years. The…
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Canada: Where tech and creative meet—and U.S. digital and interactive media companies thrive

Film and television’s roots have run deep in Canada for many decades now, with Vancouver and Toronto repeatedly ranking among the world’s top production locations. Now that audiences everywhere are changing the way they consume content, film and television have virtually converged with the tech industry. As a result, Canada’s star power in this sector…
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Tech brain and manufacturing muscles make Canada the ideal environment for mobility companies

Michigan and Ontario represent the two largest automotive manufacturing markets in North America. While Michigan continues to make more vehicles, Canada’s strengths in technology, workforce and trade have made Ontario the best location for mobility companies going forward into this increasingly tech-driven world. And that includes for American auto brands too. Today, Ontario has the distinction…
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Online trading platform reviews. Is democracy good for stock market returns?

Most people, given the choice, would prefer to live in a democracy. But what does democracy mean for equity returns? Do stock markets in democratic countries deliver better returns than those in countries with autocratic leadership? LARRY SWEDROE examines the academic evidence. Nobel laureate economist Harry Markowitz is reported to have said that “diversification is…
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