Episode #83: 2025 Capital Markets Review: A Banner Year for Investing Lessons

2025 Capital Markets Review: A Banner Year for Investing Lessons

By JAMES PARKYN & FRANÇOIS DOYON LA ROCHELLE

In this Episode, James Parkyn & François Doyon La Rochelle break down the key stock market statistics from 2025 and unpack the biggest lessons the year taught investors.

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DISCOVER THE PEACE OF MIND OF KNOWING YOUR INVESTMENTS AND WEALTH ARE IN GOOD HANDS BY CONTACTING PWL CAPITAL'S PARKYN-DOYON LA ROCHELLE TEAM IN MONTREAL TODAY.

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Read The Script:

1)   INTRODUCTION:

François Doyon La Rochelle:

You’re listening to Capital Topics, episode #83!

This is a monthly podcast about passive asset management and financial and tax planning ideas for the long-term investor.

Your hosts for this podcast are James Parkyn and me François Doyon La Rochelle, both portfolio managers with PWL Capital.

In today’s episode, we break down the key stock market statistics from 2025 and we unpack the biggest lessons the year taught investors.

Enjoy!

2)   2025 CAPITAL MARKETS REVIEW: A BANNER YEAR FOR INVESTING LESSONS:

François Doyon La Rochelle:

Before we start, since this is our first podcast of the year, I would like to wish our audience a happy, healthy, and prosperous year in 2026.

James Parkyn:

Yes indeed, François. Our best wishes for 2026 go out to all our listeners and their families, wishing them all the best of health and happiness.

François Doyon La Rochelle:

Now, as we usually do in the first episode of the year, we will look at what happened in the markets and the economy in 2025, a year that frankly defied expectations at almost every turn. If we had told our listeners at the start of the year that we would see sweeping tariffs, a record‑long U.S. government shutdown, sticky inflation, geopolitical turmoil, and a constant tug‑of‑war between optimism and fear, I think that our listeners would have predicted a very rough year for the stock markets.…Read More

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Links:

- Investor Psychology: How Behavioural Biases Can Sabotage Your Success — Capital Topics By James Parkyn – PWL Capital

- Our Best Advice of 2025 — Capital Topics By James Parkyn – PWL Capital

- Market Statistics | Parkyn-Doyon La Rochelle By Raymond Kerzérho – PWL Capital

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Episode #77: 2025 Mid-Year Market Check-In: Navigating the Unpredictable

2025 Mid-Year Market Check-In: Navigating the Unpredictable

By JAMES PARKYN & FRANÇOIS DOYON LA ROCHELLE

In this Episode, James Parkyn & François Doyon La Rochelle review the global capital markets performances for the first half of 2025.  

Or you can listen to this podcast using a streaming platform

DISCOVER THE PEACE OF MIND OF KNOWING YOUR INVESTMENTS AND WEALTH ARE IN GOOD HANDS BY CONTACTING PWL CAPITAL'S PARKYN-DOYON LA ROCHELLE TEAM IN MONTREAL TODAY.

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Read The Script:

1)   INTRODUCTION:

François Doyon La Rochelle:

You’re listening to Capital Topics, episode #77!

This is a monthly podcast about passive asset management and financial and tax planning ideas for the long-term investor.

Your hosts for this podcast are James Parkyn and me François Doyon La Rochelle, both portfolio managers with PWL Capital.

In our podcast today we will review the global capital markets performances for the first half of 2025

Enjoy!

2)   2025 MID-YEAR MARKET CHECK-IN: NAVIGATING THE UNPREDICTABLE:

François Doyon La Rochelle:

We have officially reached the halfway point of 2025, and today, as usual at this time of year, we will be examining what has shaped the markets over the past six months with a review of the global capital market’s performance. One thing I can say for sure: it’s been anything but dull.…Read More

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Links:

- Market Statistics – June 2025 | Parkyn-Doyon La Rochelle by Raymond Kerzerho – PWL Capital

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Episode #75: Review of UBS Global Investment Returns Yearbook 2025

Review of UBS Global Investment Returns Yearbook 2025

By JAMES PARKYN & FRANÇOIS DOYON LA ROCHELLE

In this Episode, James Parkyn & François Doyon La Rochelle review the key findings from the 26th edition of the UBS Global Investment Returns Yearbook for 2025.

Or you can listen to this podcast using a streaming platform

DISCOVER THE PEACE OF MIND OF KNOWING YOUR INVESTMENTS AND WEALTH ARE IN GOOD HANDS BY CONTACTING PWL CAPITAL'S PARKYN-DOYON LA ROCHELLE TEAM IN MONTREAL TODAY.

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Read The Script:

1)   INTRODUCTION:

François Doyon La Rochelle:

You’re listening to Capital Topics, episode #75!

This is a monthly podcast about passive asset management and financial and tax planning ideas for the long-term investor.

Your hosts for this podcast are James Parkyn and me François Doyon La Rochelle, both portfolio managers with PWL Capital.

In our podcast today we will review the key findings from 26th edition of the UBS Global Investment Returns Yearbook for 2025.  

Enjoy!

2)   REVIEW OF UBS GLOBAL INVESTMENT RETURNS YEARBOOK 2025:

François Doyon La Rochelle:

Hello, James! How are you today?

James Parkyn:

I'm very good, Francois. And how are you?

François Doyon La Rochelle:

I will start this off for our Listeners.  Today's topic is a Review of the 26th edition of The UBS Global Investment Returns Yearbook 2025 Summary Edition.  Reviewing the Yearbook is an annual ritual for our Podcast.  This is the second year it has been published under the UBS Brand. This change came about because of the merger of Credit Suisse and UBS. This is the 4th year we have published a podcast offering the UBS Global Investment Returns Yearbook and the content from the prior Yearbooks is still very relevant.

I would also like to highlight that the Yearbook is published by UBS in collaboration with Professors Paul Marsh and Mike Staunton of London Business School and Professor Elroy Dimson of Cambridge University.  They have been involved for all 26 years.

This being said, James, could you give our Listeners an Intro about the Yearbook and explain its purpose?…Read More

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Links:

- Global Investment Returns Yearbook 2025 | UBS Global by Elroy Dimson, Paul March & Mike Staunton – UBS Global

Episode #74: Update on Market Volatility and Review of Active vs Passive Management

Update on Market Volatility and Review of Active vs Passive Management

By JAMES PARKYN & FRANÇOIS DOYON LA ROCHELLE

In this Episode, James Parkyn & François Doyon La Rochelle discuss the current volatility in the stock markets and then revisit the state of the ETF Landscape in Canada, as well as the debate between active and passive funds.  

DISCOVER THE PEACE OF MIND OF KNOWING YOUR INVESTMENTS AND WEALTH ARE IN GOOD HANDS BY CONTACTING PWL CAPITAL'S PARKYN-DOYON LA ROCHELLE TEAM IN MONTREAL TODAY.

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Read The Script:

1)   INTRODUCTION:

François Doyon La Rochelle:

You’re listening to Capital Topics, episode #74!

This is a monthly podcast about passive asset management and financial and tax planning ideas for the long-term investor.

Your hosts for this podcast are James Parkyn and me François Doyon La Rochelle, both portfolio managers with PWL Capital.

In our podcast today we will discuss the current volatility in the stock markets, and then revisit the state of ETFs Landscape in Canada, as well as the debate between active and passive funds.  

Enjoy!

2)   UPDATE ON MARKET VOLATILITY AND REVIEW OF ACTIVE VS PASSIVE MANAGEMENT

François Doyon La Rochelle:

Hello, James! How are you today?

James Parkyn:

I'm very good, Francois. And how are you?

François Doyon La Rochelle:

I'm fine, thank you! Before we tackle our main topic today, we believe that it's essential to address the current market volatility triggered by American tariffs, imposed on the Global economy. James, what do you want to share with our listeners?…Read More

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Links:

- The Passive Vs. Active Fund Monitor (2024) | PWL Capital by Raymond Kerzerho– PWL Capital

- US Active/Passive Barometer Report: Year-End 2024 | Morningstar by Morningstar

- SPIVA Canada Year-End 2024 Scorecard by Joseph Nelesen, Maya Beyhan, Davide Di Giola – S&P Dow Jones Indices

Episode #72: Investing Lessons From 2024

Investing Lessons From 2024

By JAMES PARKYN & FRANÇOIS DOYON LA ROCHELLE

In this Episode, James Parkyn & François Doyon La Rochelle continue their annual tradition of sharing Investing Lessons of the prior year, 2024.

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Read The Script:

1)   INTRODUCTION:

François Doyon La Rochelle:  

You’re listening to Capital Topics, episode #72!

This is a monthly podcast about passive asset management and financial and tax planning ideas for the long-term investor.

Your hosts for this podcast are James Parkyn and me François Doyon La Rochelle, both portfolio managers with PWL Capital.

In our podcast today we will discuss the investing lessons of 2024

Enjoy!

2) INVESTING LESSONS FROM 2024:

François Doyon La Rochelle:

I will start. In our last Podcast #71, we reviewed the capital markets results for 2024 and by doing so we underlined the main economic and geopolitical events that we believe shaped the capital markets results last year. Every year brings valuable lessons to investors that remind us of the importance of staying disciplined and focused on the long term and avoiding being deterred by short-term noise. So, James, let’s continue our annual tradition of sharing Investing Lessons of the prior year … 2024.

James Parkyn:

François, as you well know every year the markets provide us with lessons. As our Friend and author Larry Swedroe often states: “With great frequency, markets offer remedial courses covering lessons they taught in previous years. That’s why one of my favorite sayings is that there’s nothing new in investing, only investment history you don’t know.”  Today we will share our five main lessons from 2024. In preparing this year’s list, we reviewed our Lessons from 2022 and 2023. It should come as no surprise François, all of this year’s lessons can be found in our lessons from those two prior years..…Read More

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Links:

- Episode #71: 2024 Capital Markets Year in Review: Another spectacular year! — Capital Topics by James Parkyn & François Doyon La Rochelle– PWL Capital