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It was a sweep. While Kamala Harris had been gaining in some polls in the last week, the U.S. chose to give Donald Trump a second term....

When most high-net-worth Canadians create a financial plan, they might expect to come out of it with a smarter budget and a tune-up of their portfolio, not discover a potential gap that could have cost them tens of thousands without the right advice....

Investors have had a lot to digest in 2024. Inflation has come down, interest rates have eased and markets have responded positively, yet climate disasters, geopolitical tensions and a U.S. election continue to be on everyone’s minds – and the year i...

We salute the Federal Reserve (“Fed”) for being bold and cutting interest rates by 0.5%. To us, this is a clear signal that the most important bank in the world is serious about engineering a so-called “soft landing” where the economy avoids a recess...

The third quarter was full of surprises – an integral part of investing. Prices don’t move on what happens; they move on what happens versus expectations. Various outfits keep score of how many data points hit, miss, or beat economists’ consensus exp...

While it is tempting to want to tilt investment choices in anticipation of a particular election outcome, mixing politics and your portfolio has a poor record of success....

Many millennials are at an age where they’ve accumulated enough wealth or disposable income to start donating to causes near and dear to their hearts....

We don’t often think of Switzerland and Canada leading the developed world, but that is exactly what these two countries have recently done, at least in terms of central bank rate cuts....

If you took an extended summer break and have come back to look at the two-month results for July and August, you will be pleased to see that most equity markets delivered mid-single-digit gains and the FTSE Canada Universe Bond Index rose......

For ultra-high-net-worth families, wealth management is about more than managing money. It’s also about envisioning strategic planning for the future, including planning for assets as they pass from one generation to the next – and, possibly, even th...