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High stakes, narrow margins: Canada’s federal budget bets on investment-led growth

November 05, 2025 |Cynthia Leach, Robert Hogue, and Salim Zanzana
Overall, the story of Budget 2025 is as expected. There is big new spending and deficits that would be even larger without review savings. Buffers are slim against the two fiscal anchors of a balanced operating budget by 2028-29, and a declining deficit-to-GDP...
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Federal budget 2025: A summary of key measures that may impact you

November 05, 2025 |RBC Family Office Services

We outline some of the proposed federal budget measures, and the effect they may have on Canadians and their families.

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The Fed raises the bar for lower rates

October 31, 2025 |Thomas Garretson, CFA

Despite a second consecutive rate cut, a hawkish turn from the Fed supports our view that it’s on hold until at least 2026. While that may have previously caused market turbulence, investors seem content with the idea the Fed has already done enough.

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Around the world in 80 seconds

October 30, 2025 |Portfolio Advisor - Fall 2025
Canada U.S. tariffs on key Canadian exports, including energy products, aluminum, steel, and any products that are not qualified as covered under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), have now clearly bitten into the country’s economic growth, with...
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Digital defence: Five key cybersecurity measures you can implement to help protect your business from cybercrime

October 30, 2025 |Portfolio Advisor - Fall 2025
“Cybercrime is the greatest threat to every company in the world.” ~ Ginni Rometty, former President & CEO, IBM The numbers are sobering, and they hit directly at a business's bottom line. According to Statistics Canada, one in six of all Canadian businesses...
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Year-end resolutions: Seven smart moves you can make before year-end to help minimize your tax pain next filing season

October 30, 2025 |Portfolio Advisor - Fall 2025
As the year winds down and we approach the final quarter of 2025, there's still time to make strategic moves that could save you time and money when tax season arrives next April. Rather than scrambling then, or worse, realizing that you didn’t take advantage...
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How to take your retirement for a test drive

October 30, 2025 |Portfolio Advisor - Fall 2025
We often get the chance to try out big purchases before committing, but unlike buying a car, there’s no way to take retirement for a test drive. Or is there? Retirement is no longer just a point in time, but rather another whole life stage than can last...
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BoC warns of structural economic damage from tariffs

October 29, 2025 |Claire Fan
The Bank of Canada delivered an expected 25 basis point rate cut today, lowering the overnight rate to 2.25%—the bottom of the neutral range that would not add to or subtract from inflation pressures over time. Beyond the rate cut itself, two themes stood...
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Canadian federal budget preview

October 27, 2025 |Cynthia Leach
A new playbook for balancing bigger government with fiscal health We believe the context and composition of government spending matter as much as the quantum. Cyclically, our outlook has Canada avoiding a recession from the current set of tariffs, but...
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Technical update: Signs of rotation support rebalancing portfolios

October 24, 2025 |Robert Sluymer, CFA, Technical Strategist

The S&P 500 has remained impressively resilient from a technical perspective. But we think some areas of the market are bottoming, supporting our belief that investors should consider rebalancing portfolios.

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