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Good afternoon, Our Global Insight for 2025 is now available. Since this is already a very extensive report, I won’t clutter it up with a bunch of local input today. But we’ve segmented it in such as way as you can a bite or two, nibble on a series of...

Good afternoon, Some world trade leaders -- who shall remain unnamed -- remind me of that kid who literally picked up his soccer ball and went home after his team started losing. He ran home to his mom rather than face the music like a… real boy. The...

Good afternoon, Sorry about the formatting issue in my email preamble last week. After my 2nd & 3rd attempts at it, I realized that Bill Gates had personally intervened and foiled the message -- cranky about the US election. Can’t be sure, but I mean...

Good afternoon, It seemed like good timing – attending a national investment conference during a week which straddled the conclusion of a bitter US election campaign. We heard a few financial analysts from the US, drilled them with questions on Monday...

Good afternoon, It was a strong Friday in markets, but capped a weak week, which reflected a few disappointing performance reports from major reporting entities. And perhaps the stocks let a little air out of the tires after a well-inflated year and no...

Good afternoon, We had some dear friends over for dinner the other night, Americans. Salt of the earth types. A wonderful visit. Our friendship runs deep enough that the obvious didn’t even surface through several hours of catching up – until it did....

Good afternoon, Here’s a few quick reads (or listens or watches) for you as we all head into a well-earned Thanksgiving Holiday! Podcast: First, if you prefer listening over reading, here is one of our investment podcasts reflecting current issues: https://www...

Good afternoon, The U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates this past week, joining other major developed central banks on the reduction cycle. Also this week, Canada’s inflation rate, rate reached the Bank of Canada’s target of 2% for the first time...

Good afternoon, A quick note today, passing along a couple of pieces from our analyst teams. First, another installment examining the impacts of the US election: Special Report Harris and Trump on the issues An ongoing, multipart series from RBC Wealth...