Publications

2026 Wealth Planning Facts & Figures

This is a helpful resource summarizing important tax, retirement and estate planning information.
2026 Wealth Planning Facts & Figures

Periodic Table of Asset Class Returns

As the Periodic Table of Returns demonstrates, your portfolio should be well diversified amongst global asset classes to enhance return and reduce risk. Click to read more.
Periodic Table of Asset Class Returns

Canadian Snowbirds and U.S. Income Tax

Although Canadian snowbirds reside in the U.S. for only a part of the year, there is the potential of being considered a U.S. resident and, in turn, having to pay U.S. income tax on the same basis as a permanent U.S. resident. This article outlines how the U.S. government determines whether you are a resident for income tax purposes; namely, it covers the criteria for meeting the Substantial Presence Test, Closer Connection Exception and the Canada U.S. Income Tax Treaty Tie-Breaker Rules.
Canadian Snowbirds and U.S. Income Tax

Weekly Strategy Perspectives: Musings on the State of the AI Trade

Attention has quickly reverted to “all things AI” now that oil is once again flowing through the Strait of Hormuz and a path toward stabilization of the Mideast conflict is in sight....

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Reinventing Jobs in the Age of Technological Transformation

There’s no doubt that a workplace transformation is underway as the discourse around generative AI’s impact on white-collar jobs and employment continues to heat up....

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USMCA Review to Focus on Enforcement, Supply Chains and Security

When USMCA was first signed, it was hailed by some as the most consequential trade agreement on the planet. Nearly a decade later, that agreement faces its first major test as it enters its first major review....

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Weekly Strategy Perspectives: Just the FAQs Part II – The Enigmatic Consumer

Many of the questions we’ve received from clients and colleagues during our recent travels relate to consumers....

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Weekly Strategy Perspectives: Just the FAQs Part I – Market Mayhem

Instead of the upbeat mood we typically expect after two months of persistently rising markets and sturdy economic fundamentals, we found widespread anxiety about a variety of issues....

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Weekly Strategy Perspectives: Profile of a Bubble (How Worried Should We Be?)

Equities pushed farther into uncharted terrain this week, exacerbating fears of an impending bubble....

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Weekly Strategy Perspectives: Great (Inflation) Expectations – Part II

Investors looking for resolution of the creative tension between cheerful equity markets and fretting fixed income markets were stymied yet again this week....

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Weekly Strategy Perspectives: Great (Inflation) Expectations – Part I

Last week’s toasty reads on U.S. consumer and business inflation nudged both bond yields and investor anxiety higher....

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Planning for the family vacation property

Designing a succession plan for the future ownership of your family vacation property can be challenging, especially because these properties often hold tremendous sentimental and monetary value....

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Named an executor? Here’s what to consider before you say “yes”

When someone you love names you as the executor of their estate, it can feel like an act of trust....

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