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What SpaceX teaches investors about index investing, asset flows

What SpaceX teaches investors about index investing, asset flows

Calling the IPO the “anti-Robin Hood” Craig Basinger says that asset flows can be a useful metric for advisors to watch

Canada's GDP surge runs into tariff and bond market headwinds

The Bank of Canada's next rate call now hinges on a 3% inflation print, not the growth number

Canada's GDP surge runs into tariff and bond market headwinds

Fed's hawkish turn on inflation widens the rate gap with Canada

Six straight holds later, the Bank of Canada still trails its US counterpart by more than a percentage point, and the currency has already started to move

Fed's hawkish turn on inflation widens the rate gap with Canada

Federal deficit shrinks while provincial red ink piles up

Provincial deficits are widening even as Ottawa's numbers improve — and the gap has real implications for bond investors

Federal deficit shrinks while provincial red ink piles up

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Where generic AI quits, Focal AI builds for Canada

Where generic AI quits, Focal AI builds for Canada

Focal AI goes all-in on Canadian compliance, tools, and workflows, giving advisors back over 10 hours a week

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The case for international equities is changing in ways that go beyond diversification

The case for international equities is changing in ways that go beyond diversification

Harvest ETFs built its latest ETF to give investors access to international companies and the liquidity needed to support a covered call strategy

The AI execution gap: what separates Canadian wealth firms that scale AI from those that stall

The AI execution gap: what separates Canadian wealth firms that scale AI from those that stall

A webinar with Focal AI founder John Connell on moving AI from pilot to firm-wide advisor capacity, without running afoul of Canadian privacy rules

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Canada's GDP rebound won't push BoC to cut rates Wednesday

Strong Q2 growth of 3.3% and broad economic gains leave the Bank of Canada on hold, even as trade war risks cloud the third quarter

Canada's GDP rebound won't push BoC to cut rates Wednesday

Aon confirms $17B deal to acquire USI Insurance from KKR

Insurance brokerage and consulting firm was a major investment for La Caisse in 2017

Aon confirms $17B deal to acquire USI Insurance from KKR

Why these Starbucks investors want the firm to split CEO and chair roles

Shareholders group cites a 70% drop in board engagement and collapsed union talks as reasons to separate Brian Niccol's dual role

Why these Starbucks investors want the firm to split CEO and chair roles

How more frequent, costly extreme weather events could shift commodity markets

Tim Pickering unpacks what droughts, wildfires, storms, and key crop failures could mean for commodities investors

How more frequent, costly extreme weather events could shift commodity markets

TD Economics counts $1 trillion in Canadian projects queued for the next decade

Tax and permitting reform decides whether Canadians gain $12,000 each in output by 2035

TD Economics counts $1 trillion in Canadian projects queued for the next decade