Equity Market Resilience: How Long Can It Hold?

In this episode, Lesley Marks, Chief Investment Officer of Equities, discusses the equity market's surprising resilience, driven by strong corporate earnings, sustained buybacks, and market optimism around potential Fed rate cuts. She explores risks beneath the surface: stretched US valuations, a near-zero equity risk premium, and the concentration in mega-cap tech stocks. Lesley also touches on quality factors in corporate earnings, recent US and Canadian jobs data, and how evolving trade dynamics could shape the economic outlook ahead.  This episode was recorded on August 11, 2025.