Tariff-wary Canadian investors turned to fixed income, international stocks this RRSP season

The Globe and Mail
April 30, 2025.

Ida Khajadourian, Senior Portfolio Manager at Richardson Wealth, shares her approach to navigate the uncertainty when clients were wary of jumping into the market with tariff threats and increased volatility.

With contributions sitting in cash and mostly in high-interest savings accounts, she would gradually deploy that cash rather than jumping into the market all at once, while shifting toward international and European stocks.

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