RBC Insights

The euro area defied expectations in 2025, delivering growth amid a challenging environment. Yet beneath this resilience, Europe has started to redraw its economic and strategic maps.

In an ever-increasingly complex and challenging world, successful individuals like you and families like yours need the right team of experts to support their financial journey. Led by your Investment Advisor, your team should have the skills and expertise...

Life is often about making choices, choices that require us to give up one thing to attain another. Often, our choices are clear ones for which we know the “right” versus the “wrong” decision. Others are dictated by our budget or means, or by simple preference...

Building a house without a blueprint; facing off against the opposing team in the Olympics (Go, Canada, go!) without a strategy; trying to reach a destination without a map. What do these things have in common? There’s no plan, and without a plan, it’s...

Canada The economy headed into the closing days of 2025 with a (mild) bang and not a whimper, as third quarter GDP and late fall employment strengthened (Sep-Oct-Nov = +181,000) despite the moderation in December’s job growth (+8,000). While overall Inflation...

President Donald Trump’s campaign to get rid of Fed Chair Jerome Powell culminated in the most likely outcome—simply nominating a replacement. With Kevin Warsh on track to be the next chair, we look at the potential economic and market impacts.

Global and domestic headlines have put the focus squarely on U.S. sovereign assets. We look at what steps investors should take in this time of shifting economic messages.

Over the past decade, the S&P 500, which has historically been viewed as a balanced cross-section of the U.S. economy, has slowly transformed into a tech- and AI-dominated index. We believe this “Great Narrowing” should be top of mind for investors.

Last year saw positive market results despite many naysayers. Can this rally extend into 2026? In this article, we examine China’s policy stance, economic fundamentals, and equity market implications to find answers.