Market commentary

Information is an important factor within the financial markets. But if not properly interpreted, it can be misleading or useless. We can help translate business activity and market trends into useful knowledge that you can act on. These reports reflect our most current perspective on the equity and fixed income markets.

Periodicals

Trend & cycle roadmap

May 7, 2025 - RBC Wealth Management

Read more (T&C Roadmap)

Global Insight Weekly

June 1, 2023 - RBC Wealth Management

Read more (GI Weekly)

Global insight monthly

September 10, 2026 - RBC Wealth Management

Read more (GIM)

Municipal market insight

January 9, 2024 - RBC Wealth Management

Read more (MM insight)

Fixed income interest rate market monitor

September 28, 2026 - RBC Wealth Management

Read more (IRMM)

Daily market view

April 18, 2023 - RBC Wealth Management

Read more (Market View)

Market cycle quilts

October 28, 2024 - RBC Wealth Management

Read more (Market Quilts)

Trend & cycle: The long view

October 30, 2024 - RBC Wealth Management

Read more (T&C Long View)

Latest Insights

How electric power is increasingly becoming a constraint on U.S. economic growth

Oct 02, 2026 | Tyler Frawley, CFA |

For most of the past two decades, the U.S. power system had a relatively simple job: maintaining the grid for an economy where electricity demand barely grew. But that job is changing quickly.

Read more
Formal ribbon cutting

Leaving a charitable legacy with donor advised funds

Oct 02, 2026 | RBC Wealth Management |

How families are turning to donor-advised funds to support their long-term charitable giving goals.

Read more
Woman walking among skyscrapers

From caution to confidence: How family offices are reshaping their strategies in 2026

Sep 29, 2026 | RBC Wealth Management |

Strong 2025 returns and easing wealth-transfer pressures give family offices renewed confidence for the years ahead.

Read more

Europe: Filtering out the noise

Sep 25, 2026 | Frédérique Carrier – London |

The European economy has been surprisingly resilient, though the European Central Bank (ECB) is alert to the risk of rising natural gas prices. Given the crowded political agenda ahead, we explore where political noise could create opportunities.

Read more

What goes down must come up?

Sep 18, 2026 | Thomas Garretson, CFA |

After the Fed’s rate hike, we see little question policymakers take back the 2025 cuts, but the real question might be whether they will take back the 2024 cuts too—and what that means for Treasury yields nearing 20-year highs.

Read more

Let's connect today

If anything you have read here spurs a question or investment idea, please contact us anytime. We're happy to discuss any of these topics with you.