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What is an IPO? A look at initial public offerings and how they work

Jul 03, 2026 |the Inspired Investor Team, RBC Direct Investing

Discover the mechanics of IPO investing, from understanding share allocation to researching new listings.

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Semiconductors

First-half 2026 equity recap: Leadership comes in different forms

Jul 02, 2026 |Kelly Bogdanova

While semiconductor stock performance dominated headlines in the first half, the U.S. equity rally is more than a simple semi story. We dissect four key catalysts that held sway over performance and provide thoughts on what lies ahead for investors.

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June Monthly Exec Briefing: U.S. consumer bruised by persistent inflation

Jun 29, 2026 |Frances Donald, Mike Reid, Carrie Freestone and Imri Haggin, RBC Economics

Businesses may increasingly find their ability to pass higher prices on to U.S. consumers is eroding for the first time after the pandemic.

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Tankers

U.S./Iran: After the “truce”

Jun 26, 2026 |Frédérique Carrier

Markets have exhaled, and inflation fears have eased. But for governments and companies alike, the drive towards self-sufficiency remains a strategic priority.

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Federal Reserve

Kevin Warsh launches his own Fed renovation project

Jun 23, 2026 |Thomas Garretson, CFA

This week brought the highly anticipated first policy meeting under the Warsh regime at the Fed. We look at how the Warsh era kicked off and how the central bank may evolve under its new chair.

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Global Insight 2026 Midyear Outlook: United States

Jun 15, 2026 |Kelly Bogdanova; Thomas Garretson, CFA

There are catalysts for the bull market in stocks to persist. Bonds face a more challenging landscape.

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Bond markets seeing the forest for the trees

Jun 15, 2026 |Thomas Garretson, CFA

Geopolitical events and oil prices have upended global bond markets and central bank policy expectations this year, but we see it as just the latest tree in a forest of reasons that has steadily driven bond yields higher.

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The wall of worry obscures a plausible path to higher ground

Jun 15, 2026 |Jim Allworth

Equity markets need the Strait of Hormuz reopened and the AI wave to play out as advertised. Both are plausible, neither guaranteed.

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The Unstoppables

Jun 15, 2026 |Jim Allworth, Frederique Carrier, and Kelly Bogdanova

Some investment opportunities are built on structural forces powerful enough to transcend the noise of today’s investment environment. We see these unstoppable megatrends as defining forces for the coming decades.

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