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Client Letter - April 4th, 2025

April 04, 2025 |Lauren Irwin

Global equity markets fell more sharply this week following the revelation from the U.S. administration that its reciprocal tariffs will be much broader and larger than most investors expected. The “Liberation Day” announcement raised the spectre of a...

Navigating the Impact of U.S. Tariffs on Canada

April 04, 2025 |RBC Wealth Management Canada

Turning the Tables: How Canada can shake off the U.S. softwood lumber dispute and grow the sector

March 28, 2025 |Ajay Nandalall

Canada’s intractable softwood lumber dispute with the U.S. has long cast a shadow over the country’s promising forestry sector. However, reimagining its potential, building a value-added industry, and seeking new markets could be the playbook that Canada...

Canada’s housing market retreats amid trade war

March 19, 2025 |Robert Hogue

The threat of U.S. tariffs has become top of mind for those considering buying or selling a home in Canada. Concerns about the significant damage that hefty tariffs would inflict on the economy prompted many buyers and sellers to hit pause in February—leading...

Give your portfolio a raise! The importance of regularly increasing your investment plan to help grow your wealth

February 12, 2025 |Portfolio Advisor – Winter 2025

Regular investing is a great way to build wealth over time. But it isn't just about consistency – it's about growing your contributions to at least match the rate of inflation and thereby building wealth faster and more effectively. Let's explore why...

Five key areas of wealth planning

February 12, 2025 |Portfolio Advisor – Winter 2025

With the new year well on its way, it’s a great time to continue considering your wealth goals and plans. From establishing, reviewing, or refreshing your goals and priorities, to considering what risks or opportunities you want to address, we can help...

The double-edged AI sword

February 12, 2025 |Portfolio Advisor – Winter 2025

The availability, adaptability and evolution of AI has made it easier for fraudsters to trick targets out of money and information. The emergence and evolution of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has taken the world by storm. It has been rapidly adopted by...

Around the world in 80 seconds – Winter 2025

February 12, 2025 |Portfolio Advisor – Winter 2025

Canada With inflation firmly within its target range (1-3%), the Bank of Canada (BoC) reduced its target for the overnight rate again in January, cutting the benchmark by a further twenty-five basis points (0.25%) to 3%. The ongoing cuts not only signal...

Canada’s housing market outlook: Sustaining recovery in uncertain times

February 11, 2025 |Robert Hogue

The significant risk that tariffs pose to Canada’s economy casts a potentially dark shadow over the housing market.

A U.S.-Canada trade shock now in play: first economic takeaways

February 02, 2025 |Frances Donald and Nathan Janzen

Canada has been hit with its largest trade shock in nearly 100 years. RBC Economics now finds itself balancing the desire to produce a clear analysis with the recognition that the evolution of trade policies, and policymakers’ responses to them, still...

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Client Letter - April 4th, 2025

Navigating the Impact of U.S. Tariffs on Canada

Turning the Tables: How Canada can shake off the U.S. softwood lumber dispute and grow the sector

Canada’s housing market retreats amid trade war

Give your portfolio a raise! The importance of regularly increasing your investment plan to help grow your wealth

Five key areas of wealth planning

The double-edged AI sword

Around the world in 80 seconds – Winter 2025

Canada’s housing market outlook: Sustaining recovery in uncertain times

A U.S.-Canada trade shock now in play: first economic takeaways

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