Optimism for 2021

Optimism for 2021, albeit slightly diminished

September 06, 2024 |Rhonda Hymers

Rhonda Hymers sits down with Eric Lascelles, Chief Economist with RBC Global Asset Management to talk about optimism in 2021.

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Portfolio Advisor - Winter 2021

September 06, 2024 |Rhonda Hymers
This issue includes tips to help maintain mental and physical well-being during the pandemic, questions and considerations that can help an investor establish their priorities and goals, an examination of how the new administration in Washington might...
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Is the market defying logic?

September 06, 2024 |Rhonda Hymers
The chaos unleashed in Washington has shaken us all. And yet the stock market was largely unfazed, in much the same way it’s shrugged off other challenges thrown its way of late. As the Democrats are about to gain full control of the reins of U.S. government...
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Global Insight: Settling in for the long haul

September 06, 2024 |Rhonda Hymers
Settling in for the long haul – A dark year is giving way to a brighter outlook as the calendar turns, and the Fed has made clear its accommodation will be a way of life for the economy and markets. We look at what’s behind the Fed’s thinking, the fiscal...
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Markets are approaching peaks reached at the beginning of the year - Some have made all-time highs

September 06, 2024 |Rhonda Hymers

Global equity markets marched higher over the past week. Many are approaching the peaks reached at the beginning of the year. Some have even made new all-time highs.

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What will a Biden administration mean for Canada?

September 06, 2024 |Rhonda Hymers
President-elect Joe Biden will likely have to work with a Republican-controlled Senate when his administration takes over early next year, although runoff elections in Georgia in January could still deliver a majority to the Democrats. The extent to which...
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The two sided story

September 06, 2024 |Rhonda Hymers

Investors have turned their sights back to the coronavirus, where a two-sided story developed further this past week.

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Taking Stock - Evaluating opportunities in a rapidly changing world

September 06, 2024 |Rhonda Hymers
In case you missed our LIVE market update client event this week, enjoy the replay. For a copy of the presentation slides, please click here. "To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake it is necessary to stand out in the cold." ~ Aristotle
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A week full of drama. Yet, the biggest surprise was not the U.S. elections.

September 06, 2024 |Rhonda Hymers
It was a week full of drama. Yet, the biggest surprise was not the U.S. elections. Rather, the unexpected collapse in volatility in the days that followed that spurred a sharp global equity market rally. This happened despite the uncertainty that still...
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Autumn of discontent? Update from Hymers Private Wealth

September 06, 2024 |Rhonda Hymers

COVID update, Why we feel the situation today is sufficiently different than the winter and spring and our thoughts going forward.

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