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Managing Expectations For the past 15 months, global financial markets have been influenced primarily by generous government programs and historically low interest rates. These measures were designed to mitigate the negative economic and social consequences of the...

SIC Multi Asset Institutional Composite  June 2021Year to DateSIC Institutional2.41%6.64%Benchmark*2.16%5.68% * 5% T Bills, 35% Canadian Bond Composite, 20% S&P TSX Composite TRI, 20% S&P 500 C$ TRI, 20% MSCI EAFE (Net) C$ TRI Capital markets continued to...

SIC Multi Asset Institutional Composite  May 2021Year to DateSIC Institutional0.57%4.14%Benchmark*0.98%3.44% * 5% T Bills, 35% Canadian Bond Composite, 20% S&P TSX Composite TRI, 20% S&P 500 C$ TRI, 20% MSCI EAFE (Net) C$ TRI Positive news on vaccination...

SIC Multi Asset Institutional Composite  April 2021Year to DateSIC Institutional1.30%3.55%Benchmark*1.22%2.43% * 5% T Bills, 35% Canadian Bond Composite, 20% S&P TSX Composite TRI, 20% S&P 500 C$ TRI, 20% MSCI EAFE (Net) C$ TRI Global equity markets...

Inching toward Neutral What a difference a year makes!!  Massive government programs have greatly mitigated the social and financial consequences of the pandemic-induced economic contraction.  At the same time, wide-ranging scientific innovation...

SIC Multi Asset Institutional Composite  March 2021Year to DateSIC Institutional1.26%2.21%Benchmark*1.23%1.20% * 5% T Bills, 35% Canadian Bond Composite, 20% S&P TSX Composite TRI, 20% S&P 500 C$ TRI, 20% MSCI EAFE (Net) C$ TRI Portfolio returns continued...

SIC Multi Asset Institutional Composite  February 2021Year to DateSIC Institutional0.97%0.94%Benchmark*0.70%-0.03% * 5% T Bills, 35% Canadian Bond Composite, 20% S&P TSX Composite TRI, 20% S&P 500 C$ TRI, 20% MSCI EAFE (Net) C$ TRI Improving prospects for...

SIC Multi Asset Institutional Composite  January 2021Year to DateSIC Institutional-0.03%-0.03%Benchmark*-0.72%-0.72% * 5% T Bills, 35% Canadian Bond Composite, 20% S&P TSX Composite TRI, 20% S&P 500 C$ TRI, 20% MSCI EAFE (Net) C$ TRI Concerns over the...

Lessons Learned from the Monetary and Fiscal Bazooka If there is one lesson for investors to take from the unprecedented events of 2020, it is to never underestimate the positive potency of globally coordinated monetary and fiscal policy on capital market...

SIC Multi Asset Institutional Composite  December 2020Year to DateSIC Institutional1.4%6.6%Benchmark*1.4%9.0% * 5% T Bills, 35% Canadian Bond Composite, 20% S&P TSX Composite TRI, 20% S&P 500 C$ TRI, 20% MSCI EAFE (Net) C$ TRI Global equity markets...