Journal

Please click on the below audio recording of the June 16th call with Jim Allworth & Rhonda Hymers.  Jim provides our firm’s view on current market volatility, global economics, geopolitical tensions and monetary policy.

The COVID-19 shock altered the course of the global economy and ravaged financial markets, prompting policymakers to step in quickly and with scale.

How renewed COVID fears rattled stock markets Global stock markets plunged on Thursday June 11th after the U.S. Federal Reserve issued grim economic projections for the rest of 2020 and beyond. Budding investor optimism was quickly replaced with the sobering...

This week was marked by a return of volatility driven by renewed concerns over the global pandemic. It comes after weeks of improving sentiment based on growing hope that the worst of the health crisis had passed and that the economic recovery had begun...

GLOBAL INSIGHT JUN 3, 2020 The road to recovery for the U.S. economy Tom Porcelli, a Managing Director and Chief U.S. Economist at RBC Capital Markets, joins Janet Engels, Head of the Portfolio Advisory Group – U.S., to discuss the post-COVID-19 U.S....

COVID-19, the Economy and the Way Forward

On Wednesday August 14th, several news publications were sounding the alarm bells on the market with headlines "TSX and Dow plunge in worst day of the year", and while the TSX index declined 304 points and the Dow 800 points, it is important to put things...

Good afternoon, Spring has sprung! Anne Bradstreet could have been speaking about the markets when she said, "If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant." Today's blog includes the latest #MacroMemo & Economic Outlook Webcast by our Chief...

Good afternoon, It's mid-February and Canadian cities from coast to coast have gotten a fair share of winter weather this week! This week’s blog includes an opportunity to hear “Scott & Cynthia’s story”, view photos from Rhonda’s recent trip to Montreal...