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Fed Delivers Markets a Lump of Coal

December 20, 2024 - Peter Hannula

Fed Delivers Markets a Lump of Coal

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Canadian Dollar: Loonie nursing a broken wing

December 13, 2024 - Peter Hannula

Canadian Dollar: Loonie nursing a broken wing

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Video: The Wealthy Barber wants to know: Are you making a Will?

August 30, 2024 |RBC Wealth Management

Why you should make a Will and include an up-to-date net-worth statement

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Climate Briefing: A Smart Heating Solution For Canada’s Fiscally-Strained Municipalities

Climate Briefing: A Smart Heating Solution For Canada’s Fiscally-Strained Municipalities

August 28, 2024 |Myha Truong-Regan
Policymakers in Canada’s fastest growing cities face a triple challenge over the next decade: how to build their infrastructure for a rapidly growing population, continue lowering greenhouse gas emissions, and ensure that neither strain municipal finances...
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Is Your Work Influencing Your Investment Decisions?

August 23, 2024 |Robin Gullason
We all have biases that work their way into our investing style and how we react to events, often highly correlated with our risk tolerance. We have also seen situations where the conditions in their industry influences investors’ decisions about their...
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Inflation keeps on slowing in Canada in July

Inflation keeps on slowing in Canada in July

August 20, 2024 |Claire Fan and Abbey Xu

The 2.5% reading is the lowest since March 2021.

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How Closely Do We Need to Watch Inflation?

August 16, 2024 |Robin Gullason
The financial media is squarely focused on three things these days – Artificial Intelligence, inflation and the Federal Reserve. For as long as we can remember, the Fed has always been front and centre for investors, and there is always a new trend that...
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Bull Market Interrupted

August 06, 2024 |Robin Gullason
In the past few weeks, market joy over potential U.S. rate cuts turned to recession fears. We continue to monitor economic statistics, and the jury is still out as to where the U.S. economy is headed next. We are still in the soft landing camp, and will...
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Avoiding Regret When Putting Cash to Work

August 02, 2024 |Robin Gullason
For most investors, the best time to invest is simply when they have the funds available. Many others will try to time the market, rushing in when timing seems opportune, or holding off when volatility hits. History shows that the chance of an investor...
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Responsible investing can help bridge the generation gap during wealth transfer

Responsible investing can help bridge the generation gap during wealth transfer

August 01, 2024 |RBC Wealth Management

This type of investing can be used as a launchpad for discussing how family wealth can have a significant impact on pressing global issues.

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A guide to family meetings: Five tips to consider

A guide to family meetings: Five tips to consider

July 31, 2024 |RBC Wealth Management

These strategies can help make family meetings an effective tool in wealth-transfer planning.

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Wealth transfer: Five tips to help avoid family conflict

Wealth transfer: Five tips to help avoid family conflict

July 31, 2024 |RBC Wealth Management

You can preserve family harmony and your wishes for your estate with careful planning and open conversations.

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