Open this photo in gallery: More attention is being turned to the health benefits of fibre, with some dubbing the trend ‘fibremaxxing.’iStock Isheeta Borkar has always been fairly health-conscious. Earlier this year, however, the 33-year-old began seeing a number of fibre-focused social-media posts that made her pause and take stock of her diet. There was…
Open this photo in gallery: Financial news plays in the background as traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading, on April 21, in New York City.Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump roiled markets by reigniting his public tirade against Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, sending everything…
John Rapley is a contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail. He is an author and academic whose books include Why Empires Fall and Twilight of the Money Gods. Open this photo in gallery: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, on April 17.Richard Drew/The Associated Press Following the wild gyrations…
Back in 2008, the stock markets welcomed young investors of the millennial generation with a peak-to-trough decline of close to 50 per cent. Lessons about the downside of stocks came regularly after that. The S&P/TSX composite index lost money in 2011, 2015, 2018 and 2022. Obscured by a quick rebound was the 37-per-cent peak-to-trough fall…
Open this photo in gallery: Employees work on a production line of caps that will be exported to the United States at a factory in Suqian, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province on April 7.STR/Getty Images Countries around the world scrambled to contain the fallout of U.S. tariffs on Monday as Donald Trump threatened higher levies…
Open this photo in gallery: U.S. President Donald Trump walks though the Hall of Nations during a tour at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts where he also lead a board meeting on March 17, in Washington, DC.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Dimitry Anastakis is the Wilson-Currie Chair in Canadian Business History at the…
Open this photo in gallery: Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during an international business meeting at The Great Hall Of The People, in Beijing, on March 28.Pool/Getty Images China’s President Xi Jinping urged a gathering of multinational CEOs on Friday to protect global industry and supply chains, as Beijing seeks to assuage foreign firms’ concerns…
Open this photo in gallery: Liverpool’s Harvey Elliott scores the opening goal during the Champions League round of 16 first leg soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool at the Parc des Princes in Paris ON March 5, 2025.Aurelien Morissard/The Associated Press Harvey Elliott scored less than a minute after coming on as a late…
I recently read The Anxious Generation, a book by social psychologist Jonathan Haidt about the negative effects of smartphones and social media on teenagers, primarily young girls. There’s already plenty to be anxious about as a parent, from your kids’ health and well-being to the impact of a potential trade war on the economy and…
Open this photo in gallery: A cut-out of president-elect Donald Trump is displayed on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York’s Financial District on Jan. 2.Seth Wenig/The Associated Press John Rapley is a contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail. He is an author and academic whose books include Why Empires…