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Good morning, Here’s a couple of head-office takes you might find helpful as the relatively quiet week winds down: 1. Global Insight Weekly: Reserving judgment: The dollar’s role in currency reserves is again being questioned. We look past the hype to...

Good afternoon, Just a quick note today to wish you all a very happy Easter weekend with family and loved ones. Maybe a month from now the snow will finally be melted! I’m also passing along some reading you might like, starting with the Global Insights...

It’s a week from Easter, AKA “Pretty Good Friday,” Relative calm: As March winds down, markets are poised to regain all the ground lost earlier in the month to inflation and banking woes. Rolling with it When the U.S. banking upheaval first hit, markets...

Good afternoon, Here’s a brief audio commentary to help digest the financial news impacting us today. Following the downfall of Silicon Valley Bank, a large Swiss financial institution has nearly failed, adding to stress in the financial system. In this...

That was a tough week. After a pretty good start to the year, equity markets have pulled back toward their 2022 year-end positions on worries of rates and banks and contagion. While our more stable tradition in the Canadian financial system is still in...

The stunning demise of Silicon Valley Bank sent shock waves across the banking sector and broader financial markets. RBC Wealth Management’s Global Portfolio Advisory Committee examines regulators’ fast action to stem the damage and what the “costs” of...

This week I sat through three-quarters of a training session on Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT’s) – but I couldn’t make it through to the end. The experts -- who clearly know something I don’t -- went through the fine mechanics of the asset class’s creation...

Good afternoon, According to the Wall Street Journal’s Paul Gigot, governmental diligence is often measured by increased spending, instead of results. Think Canadian healthcare, or any number of government job creation schemes. Imagine you’re tied up...

Good afternoon, The hint of spring teases this week in central BC, as markets hopefully hop along. Here’s some reading you may find interesting. I mean, I did, but I’m odd that way… First, on China: 2023: A turning point for China? Next, this week's issue...