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Image for Home | Pablo Vasquez

2026-03-02T17:19:04

Home | Pablo Vasquez

Last call for 2025 RRSPs Can you hear the ticking? That’s the clock for 2025 Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) contributions. Today, Monday, March 2, is the final day to make contributions for the 2025 year. This is prime time for clients looking to maximize contributions and optimize tax benefits. Can’t make the deadline? No problem. I encourage you to contribute for 2026 instead. Unused contribution room carries forward indefinitely, allowing you to catch up on retirement savings, claim tax deductions and benefit from tax-deferred growth. Remember, every contribution matters. Let me help you to take action now to strengthen your financial security and manage your tax burden effectively. Request an appointment here: https://advisor.rbcfinancialplanning.com/pablo-vasquez/

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2026-02-12T16:53:18

The 'Great Narrowing': S&P 500 concentration

The “Great Narrowing” of the S&P 500 reflects a structural shift, where a handful of technology and AI-driven giants now dominate the index’s composition, performance and risk profile. While current leaders boast robust fundamentals, strong profitability, competitive advantages and growth trajectories, the sheer concentration of market value in a narrow cohort introduces new risk. The disconnect between weight and earnings contribution, outsized influence of individual stocks and passive inflows amplifying this dynamic underscore a critical reality—what appears as broad diversification increasingly functions as a concentrated allocation in a single thematic outcome. For investors, this evolution requires a recalibration of assumptions. The index has been a resilient benchmark, but its top-heavy structure warrants scrutiny. Understanding embedded risks, from idiosyncratic volatility to thematic correlation, is more essential than ever, in our view. Read details Here: https://www.rbcwealthmanagement.com/en-ca/insights/the-great-narrowing-sp-500-concentration