Joe's Bank & Grill

 May 15, 2023 |Mark Ryan
Basel III and We: The Basel Accords are a series of global bank regulatory regimes, the third of which added safety measures to an evolving global financial system after the 2008 crisis. One of III’s keys was “sticky deposits,” (those more likely to stick...
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Swarms and the Swarmy

 May 08, 2023 |Mark Ryan
Good afternoon, Friday was an up day on the end of a down week as we continue to lump along through the post-pandemic swarm of swarming financial parts. Weekly Insights: The art of central banking (or Why the Referees Want to be all Three Stars in the...
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Speaker for the Dead

 May 04, 2023 |Mark Ryan
“All my clients are dead.” More than an attention-grabbing gimmick, this was a comment from a professional lunch speaker I heard recently, and no, she wasn’t a rep from Canada’s MAIDS program. She was a Trust Advisor from a Canadian bank, and she couldn’t...
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David Chilton

Video: Does your executor have financial skills? Why the Wealthy Barber thinks they should

 April 26, 2023 |David Chilton

Will and estate planning tips for multiple generations

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The Greenback

 April 21, 2023 |Mark Ryan
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...
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Bunny Hop

 April 06, 2023 |Mark Ryan
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...
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Onward

 April 04, 2023 |Mark Ryan
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...
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Banks -- Quick update

 March 21, 2023 |Mark Ryan
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...
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Tough Week

 March 20, 2023 |Mark Ryan
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...
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The SVB collapse: Reverberations and reactions

 March 15, 2023 |Mark Ryan
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...
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