AWMG Newsletter: A Perspective on the 2024 Financial Markets

 June 28, 2024 |RBC Portfolio Advisory Group
Global equities have been somewhat directionless over the past few weeks. One notable development was the Canadian inflation report for May, which was higher than expected for the first time this year. This has moderately reduced expectations for a July...
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AWMG Newsletter: A Perspective on the 2024 Financial Markets

 June 14, 2024 |RBC Portfolio Advisory Group
Global equities have been a bit more mixed of late with Canadian and European equities weaker in recent weeks, though year-to-date gains remain respectable. Meanwhile the U.S. equity market continues to display strength, driven by the large cap technology...
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AWMG Newsletter: A Perspective on the 2024 Financial Markets

 May 31, 2024 |RBC Portfolio Advisory Group
Investor attention has turned to Canada over the past few weeks due to a slew of economic releases and earnings reports from Canadian banks. Below, we discuss key takeaways from these developments and reflect on the Canadian equity market’s performance...
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AWMG Newsletter: A Perspective on the 2024 Financial Markets

 May 17, 2024 |RBC Portfolio Advisory Group
May has been a noticeably better month for global markets, largely fueled by data from the U.S. A weaker pace of job growth and inflation numbers that did not show the kind of acceleration seen in prior months have rekindled hopes that the U.S. Federal...
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AWMG Newsletter: A Perspective on the 2024 Financial Markets

 May 03, 2024 |RBC Portfolio Advisory Group
Global equity markets finished the month of April a bit lower as they digested the gains made since last October. Markets largely spent the month grappling with sticky inflation and diminishing prospects for interest rate cuts in the U.S. In the past...
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AWMG Newsletter: A Perspective on the 2024 Financial Markets

 April 19, 2024 |RBC Portfolio Advisory Group
The past few weeks have seen more meaningful activity across global equity, fixed income, commodity, and currency markets, marked by an increase in volatility. Two developments were particularly noteworthy. The first is a significant shift in U.S. interest...
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AWMG Newsletter: A Perspective on the 2024 Financial Markets

 April 05, 2024 |RBC Portfolio Advisory Group
Global equity markets have been somewhat directionless over the past few weeks, likely taking a breather after a reasonably good first quarter. Investors are digesting recent jobs reports in Canada and the U.S. Meanwhile, the consensus view remains that...
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AWMG Newsletter: A Perspective on the 2024 Financial Markets

 March 22, 2024 |RBC Portfolio Advisory Group
Global equities have continued to perform well as of late. But more noteworthy has been the breadth of the rally, with a variety of sectors, and not just technology, enjoying significant gains. As a result, markets outside the U.S. have also performed...
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AWMG Newsletter: A Perspective on the 2024 Financial Markets

 February 23, 2024 |RBC Portfolio Advisory Group
Global equity markets have maintained their strong start to the year, despite investors needing to recalibrate their expectations for the timing of interest rate cuts. Recent global economic data has been mixed, whereas in the U.S. it has largely exceeded...
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AWMG Newsletter: A Perspective on the 2024 Financial Markets

 February 09, 2024 |RBC Portfolio Advisory Group
Expectations that central banks will lower interest rates in the coming months have moderated recently. Meanwhile, the global equity market is off to a reasonably good start this year, driven once again by the U.S. market and large-cap technology stocks...
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