Home sales in Toronto posted their biggest increase in nine months as lower prices finally began to lure buyers back to the market. The number of homes that traded hands in April rose 6.1% from the month before, according to seasonally adjusted data released Tuesday by the Toronto Regional Real Estate board. That outpaced a 3.7% gain in new listings and helped bring a 10-month slide in home prices...
Home sales in Toronto posted their biggest increase in nine months as lower prices finally began to lure buyers back to the market. The number of homes that traded hands in April rose 6.1% from the month before, according to seasonally adjusted data released Tuesday by the Toronto Regional Real Estate board. That outpaced a 3.7% gain in new listings and helped bring a 10-month slide in home prices to an end. The benchmark price in Canada’s biggest city held steady at C$929,300 ($682,850) in April, the first month without a decline in almost a year, the real estate board’s data show. Housing markets in Canada have been hammered over the past year by unease over the country’s trade war with the US , and more recently, the jump in fuel prices stemming from the war in Iran. On the trade front, Canada is looking to resolve at least some of the disputes during a review of its current agreement with the US this year. Because of the pressures, the benchmark price in Toronto is now down 6.6% from April 2025, according to the real estate board. “Lower home prices and borrowing costs over the past year have been a catalyst for some homebuyers this spring,” Jason Mercer, the board’s chief information officer, said in a statement. “More certainty on the trade front and an easing in geopolitical tensions would result in further improvements in market activity.”
Germany's Silent Shift: From Entrepreneurs To State Dependence Submitted by Thomas Kolbe Germany affords itself a state bureaucracy that functions like an artificial labor market placed upstream of the private sector. The flight of hundreds of thousands into the arms of the state corresponds with the shrinking number of self-employed in the country. And policymakers are actively promoting this tre...
Germany's Silent Shift: From Entrepreneurs To State Dependence Submitted by Thomas Kolbe Germany affords itself a state bureaucracy that functions like an artificial labor market placed upstream of the private sector. The flight of hundreds of thousands into the arms of the state corresponds with the shrinking number of self-employed in the country. And policymakers are actively promoting this trend. Let us begin with a piece of good news: according to a Bertelsmann survey , around 40 percent of Germans aged 15 to 25 can imagine starting a business as their personal life path. That is a surprisingly high figure in a country where young people not infrequently cite, half-jokingly and half-seriously, Hartz IV or the public sector as career goals. Let us note: the embers of entrepreneurship in Germany are still glowing; economic autonomy and sovereignty still rank highly among the younger generation. However, it is questionable whether this will suffice to ignite, one day, a true founding boom in a country of climate transformation, deeply rooted faith in the state, and an expansive public sector—a boom that could force a turnaround and help erase the long-accumulated sins of climate socialists. But we digress. Romantic youthful ideals carry little weight in the leadership circles of the Berlin Republic. There, the ideal of free enterprise collides with the cultural-political malaise of statism—one of many politically induced fault lines of our time. Entrepreneurial action, the free decision over the allocation of capital, inevitably carries conflict potential in a climate of manically enforced eco-transformation. In attempting to transform the existing economic order into a system of state-directed energy production and centrally steered industrial output, policymakers are pushing a growing number of mid-sized enterprises either into insolvency or straight abroad. No one should be surprised by the country’s economic depression: there is a price to be paid for handing ...
FINRA has adopted significant changes to its margin rule with potential impacts on active investors. If you currently engage in or are considering an active investment strategy, be sure to understand what's changing and how this will affect you. These changes, which will become effective June 4, 2026 (with a permitted transition period through October 20, 2027, for brokerage firms that need more t...
FINRA has adopted significant changes to its margin rule with potential impacts on active investors. If you currently engage in or are considering an active investment strategy, be sure to understand what's changing and how this will affect you. These changes, which will become effective June 4, 2026 (with a permitted transition period through October 20, 2027, for brokerage firms that need more time), are designed to provide more trading flexibility while maintaining investor protections. However, frequent trading with margin remains a high-risk activity that requires careful management of your funds. FINRA is replacing current day trading margin provisions, including the requirements for "pattern day traders" (the PDT rules), with new intraday margin requirements . This change modernizes how brokerage firms monitor and manage risk. Continue reading
Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) released its latest quarterly numbers last week, and the market reacted negatively. The performance was underwhelming, and the stock fell sharply. While it has been recovering in recent days, it's still down from where it was in recent weeks. And since the start of the year, it has fallen by more than 32% (returns as of the end of last week). Is this decline in Rob...
Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) released its latest quarterly numbers last week, and the market reacted negatively. The performance was underwhelming, and the stock fell sharply. While it has been recovering in recent days, it's still down from where it was in recent weeks. And since the start of the year, it has fallen by more than 32% (returns as of the end of last week). Is this decline in Robinhood's stock a good buying opportunity, or is it likely to fall even lower in the coming weeks? Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
Robert Way/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Foxconn's ( FXCOF ) April revenue surged 29.74% year-over-year amid strong demand for infrastructure needed for AI. Q2 2026 Outlook The Apple ( AAPL ) and Nvidia ( NVDA ) supplier — which is formally known as Hon Hai Precision ( HNHAF ) ( HNHPF ) — said the second quarter is a traditional off-season for the information and communications technology, or ...
Robert Way/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Foxconn's ( FXCOF ) April revenue surged 29.74% year-over-year amid strong demand for infrastructure needed for AI. Q2 2026 Outlook The Apple ( AAPL ) and Nvidia ( NVDA ) supplier — which is formally known as Hon Hai Precision ( HNHAF ) ( HNHPF ) — said the second quarter is a traditional off-season for the information and communications technology, or ICT, industry, with major products entering a transition period between old and new models. "However, AI racks are expected to maintain a continued growth trend. Based on current visibility, the outlook for second-quarter operations is expected to show both QoQ and YoY growth, though it remains necessary to monitor the impact of the volatile global political and economic situation," said the Taiwanese company in a press release on Tuesday. April 2026 Revenue Foxconn said revenue in April soared 29.74% year-over-year to NT$832.1B and climbed 3.53% month-over-month, marking the highest revenue for the same period in history. The second-highest was April 2025 revenue of NT$641.4B. The company noted that in U.S. dollars, revenue was up 3% month-over-month and increased about 34.3% year-over-year. The accumulated revenue for the first four months of 2026 reached NT$2.96T, up 29.7% year-over-year, marking the highest ever for the period. The second-highest was NT$2.28T in the first four months of 2025, according to the company. Year-Over-Year Foxconn said Cloud and Networking Products revenue showed strong growth year-over-year due to strong pull-in momentum for AI products. The company noted that the Components and Other Products and Computing Products segments also showed significant growth, while Smart Consumer Electronics slightly declined. Month-Over-Month The company said Cloud and Networking Products showed significant growth driven by pull-in momentum for AI products. Components and Other Products showed strong growth, while Computing Products remained flattish. Meanwhile...
STORY: Elon Musk has settled a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit against him for a $1.5 million fine. The suit accuses the world's richest person of waiting too long in 2022 to disclose his initial purchases of shares in Twitter, now known as X. Under the settlement disclosed Monday, a trust in Musk's name will pay the fine. The Tesla chief did not admit wrongdoing, and won't have to...
STORY: Elon Musk has settled a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit against him for a $1.5 million fine. The suit accuses the world's richest person of waiting too long in 2022 to disclose his initial purchases of shares in Twitter, now known as X. Under the settlement disclosed Monday, a trust in Musk's name will pay the fine. The Tesla chief did not admit wrongdoing, and won't have to give up any of the $150 million he allegedly saved from the delay. Now the settlement requires approval by U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, who in February rejected Musk's bid to dismiss the case. The SEC declined to comment. In its lawsuit, the regulator said Musk's 11-day delay in revealing his initial 5% Twitter stake let him buy more than $500 million of shares at artificially low prices, before he finally revealed a 9.2% stake. Musk called the delay inadvertent, and accused the SEC of violating his free speech rights by targeting him. The case is separate from a civil suit where a San Francisco jury in March held Musk liable for having defrauded Twitter shareholders after announcing the buyout.