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, while the TSX rose 0.86% on the strength of materials and gold stocks. The S&P/TSX Composite Index closed up 141.51 points, at 16,656.12. The S&P 500 gained 0.27% to 3,381.99, while the Nasdaq Composite climbed 1% to 11,129.73, its fifth closing high this month.Looking for investing ideas? Check out The Globe’s weekly digest of the latest insights and analysis from the pros, stock tips, portfolio strategies and what investors need to know for the week ahead.
“The Conservative leader will have to make a pretty quick decision about what kind of tone to take. Will they start warning about spending and deficits when voters are still feeling vulnerable? Or will they tout ambitious recovery plans of their own?”“Today, equalization grants are the often-overlooked ties that really bind Canadians to each other. During the pandemic, Ottawa and the provinces have created massive spending programs that target individual needs.
In particular, Harris’s identity politics will shift the way voters see the presidential ballot, a historically white male domain. Unless they don’t. Often, a president’s re-election bid is seen as a referendum on the incumbent, and that alone should motivate a large percentage of voters. As the California senator herself said Sunday about her ticket’s campaign to defeat Donald Trump, “There’s so much on the line in this election.
Still, for several reasons the Biden campaign should strive to present Harris as more than a symbolic choice for vice-president.Evening Update is compiled and written by an editor in The Globe’s live news department. If you’d like to receive this newsletter by e-mail every weekday evening, go
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