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CN Rail CEO vows loyalty to grain farmers as oil shipments climb

Bloomberg Crude oil demand may be on the rise again, but Canadian National (CN) Railway Co.’s new leader insists energy shipments won’t displace longtime railroad staples such as grain and lumber. Grain farmers in the western Prairie provinces saw exports slow to a crawl when Canadian National proved unable to cope with a surge in demand starting in the second …

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Stocks rise as US, China seek to avoid trade war

Bloomberg US stocks climbed as industrial shares rallied after Bloomberg reported that the Trump administration is seeking to ease trade tensions with China. Most sovereign bond yields edged lower after the Bank of Japan pledged to keep its monetary policy ultra loose. The S&P 500 Index halted a three-day slide as Boeing Co, Caterpillar Inc and 3M Co all added …

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Triple-leveraged ETFs store up trouble for $8.5 billion fund

Bloomberg Trouble in the leveraged ETF complex could spark a fresh volatility explosion that hits commodity investors in its wake, according to Macro Risk Advisors. The New York-based firm warns the VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF, ticker GDX, is vulnerable to outsized price swings if its tracked basket of stocks drops by 5 percent or more in a single day. …

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