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Between Canada & U.S. national holidays - markets showed surprising resilience despite growing number of COVID-19 cases. We discuss a future beyond the pandemic, streaming success, eldercare & more . Plus we announce our move to monthly updates.

It was an eventful week. Understandably, many were focused on the social unrest that permeated across the United States - but economic news continues not as bad as expected. We also discuss New DS Online, domestic tourism and some good news.

Welcome to a new year and a new decade! Global markets exhibited remarkable resilience through the end of 2019, posting robust gains across most asset classes. Read on for the GWM team's thoughts on Q4 and outlook for 2020.

A more business-friendly Fall Economic Statement, but persistent deficits a concern. After receiving criticism for scant mention of competitiveness in Budget 2018, Finance Minister Morneau promised in March that the issue would be “Job 1”.

Spring Forward, Fall Back During a period characterized largely by trade uncertainty, global asset markets delivered mixed results for the third quarter of 2018, with the U.S. market reaching new highs and outpacing many of its global counterparts.

A brief from RBC Global Asset Management on the results of the NAFTA renegotiations. The markets were pricing in that a deal would be reached and thankfully no big surprises and/or change to growth outlook is expected.