Retirement ready – from countdown to drawdown

You’ve likely spent decades saving and planning for retirement, but do you have a plan for how to tap into your hard-earned savings? Potentially not. Too many Canadians overlook this critical step in retirement planning: withdrawing savings......

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Capital Markets Assumptions and Themes – Outlook for 2026

To be a successful investor, it’s important to look beyond individual asset classes and consider how powerful, long-term economic shifts – like those we’re seeing in geopolitics, technology and capital markets – could reshape the investing landscape....

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Early wealth transfer is on the rise

Every generation experiences money-related challenges, but with soaring housing prices, mounting student debt and an unforgiving job market, many young Canadians are feeling the strain. The impacts of these financial headwinds could be spilling into...

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Top 5 wealth lessons learned in 2025

This past year will be remembered as a roller coaster ride. Between increasing tariffs, falling interest rates, fluctuating economic growth, and the familiar estate planning and tax-related issues that always arise, there was plenty to keep us on our...

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Beyond the Portfolio Podcast: Equity Market Outlook for 2026

Solid fundamentals in economic growth and earnings, alongside easing monetary and fiscal policy are setting the conditions for a fairly optimistic outlook for equity markets in 2026....

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Beyond the Portfolio Podcast: Private Markets Outlook for 2026

Momentum is building on several fronts as private markets head toward the New Year....

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Beyond the Portfolio Podcast: Fixed income and credit outlook for 2026

Host Mike Miranda sits down with Richard Belley and Dan Phillips to examine the fixed income and credit landscape heading into 2026....

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Beyond the Portfolio Podcast: U.S.-Canada Trade Relations

Host Mike Miranda, Head of Investments for BMO Private Wealth North America, sits down with Aaron Goertzen, Senior Economist at BMO, to examine the escalating challenges facing the U.S.-Canada trading relationship amid rising tariffs....

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Beyond the Portfolio Podcast: The Family Office Evolution: Structure, Growth, and Strategic Considerations

Host Mike Miranda, President, BMO Family Office and Head of Investments, BMO Private Wealth, welcomes back Pratik Patel, Head of U.S. Wealth Planning for BMO Wealth Management, to explore the rapidly expanding Family Office landscape....

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How to keep your emotions in check in volatile times

In the past year, market volatility has seemed to be the rule rather than the exception. The constant threat of tariffs and geopolitical instability might make you feel like you’re riding solo on an emotional roller coaster, but you’re not alone......

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