Executive summary: The biotech revolution and longevity

September 05, 2025 |Frédérique Carrier

There’s more to a long life than simply a long lifespan. The number of years we spend in good health, or healthspan, is key. With biotech spurring promising medical innovations, we look at how it can fit into investment portfolios.

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Life reimagined: The biotech revolution and longevity

August 29, 2025 |Frédérique Carrier

There’s more to a long life than simply a long lifespan. The number of years we spend in good health, or healthspan, is key. With biotech spurring promising medical innovations, we look at how it can fit into investment portfolios.

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Food Fight: China’s tariffs adds to exporters’ woes

April 03, 2025 |Beth Arseneau
China retaliated with tariffs of its own on various Canadian agricultural exports in response to Ottawa’s tariffs last fall on Chinese electric vehicles and metals. The new tariffs mark an escalation in trade tensions between Canada and China, with the...
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Global Insight Weekly - March13, 2025

March 14, 2025 |Beth Arseneau
I'm pleased to share RBC Wealth Management's latest investment newsletter. In brief – Tariffs: Bracing for market impact The 2018–2019 U.S.-China trade conflict underscored how tariff uncertainty can dampen sentiment, depressing valuations even if the...
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Tariffs: Bracing for market impact

March 11, 2025 |Beth Arseneau
The 2018–2019 U.S.-China trade conflict underscored how tariff uncertainty can dampen sentiment, depressing valuations even if the earnings impact turns out to be modest. Given an unusually wide range of potential tariff outcomes, what approach should...
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Tariffs’ leverage extends far beyond trade

March 07, 2025 |Beth Arseneau
Tariffs, in their modern form, are a trade measure. Higher U.S. import duties help domestic producers compensate for lack of cost competitiveness. An import tax helps reduce the U.S. trade deficit in the near term, although the longer-term picture becomes...
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Global Insight Weekly - March 6, 2025

March 07, 2025 |Beth Arseneau
I'm pleased to share RBC Wealth Management's latest investment newsletter. Vortex of volatility A period of rapid-fire developments has understandably put investors on edge. We make sense of five catalysts tugging on stock markets and elucidate why we’re...
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Bi-Weekly Client Letter: March 7, 2025

March 07, 2025 |Beth Arseneau
Believe it or not, but we are only in the month of March. Yet, it has been quite the year already given the policy shifts and turns undertaken by the U.S. administration. While many people, including ourselves, are “tariff-ed” out at this point, we discuss...
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Global Insight Monthly - March 2025

March 06, 2025 |Beth Arseneau
I am pleased to share the latest investment strategy report from RBC Wealth Management—Global Insight, which provides our current thoughts on asset classes, the economy, and timely issues that impact investment strategy. This month’s highlights: Power...
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Global Insight Weekly - February 20, 2025

February 21, 2025 |Beth Arseneau
How will Europe respond to U.S. tariff threats? For the European Union’s 27 member states, whose trade policy is set collectively, the economic impact of U.S. tariffs will depend on their level and duration. We investigate the implications of rapidly...
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