The impact of inflation is easily noticed when it hits your wallet, but rising prices can also hurt retirement savings. How does inflation impact investment portfolios in the long run?

[Manulife Investment Management] Not all bear markets are the same. A bear market is defined as a decline of 20% or more from the most recent peak. As of the time of writing, we’re in a bear market in many equity markets around the world...

What has changed in our view? Higher than usual volatility will likely be with us for some time. A lumpy return profile is likely ahead of us as investors price in flat to negative earnings growth.

Handling investments during a volatile stock market is stressful. Consider these financial stress-management tips before letting investment anxiety get the best of you.

Explore 4 ways that momentous events can affect investment decisions — and how to remain balanced amidst the fear.

Since the beginning of the year, we have seen stock markets grind lower with most broad based markets now down nearly 20% year-to-date. It's therefore natural that human behaviour would make us pause with concern. During these turbulent times, investors are often asking themselves, "Should I cash out and just go to cash? When will the bleeding stop? Is my retirement in jeopardy?".

The U.S. economy surprisingly contracted by 1.4%, on a seasonally adjusted and annualized basis, for the first quarter of 2022. The consensus expectation for Q1 GDP, according to Bloomberg, was for a 1% gain, much slower than Q4 2021 GDP of 6.9%.While the number was negative, there were some positive components to the final number...

March 2022 The U.S. Federal Reserve increased interest rates for the first time in more than three years and has indicated that they plan on increasing rates in subsequent meetings, depending on the data. Here is our take. [Manulife Investment Management]

Higher prices can chip away at your savings, so position your money to stay a step ahead. Solutions For Financial Planning, Winter 2021*