Most stock markets around the globe continued their upward trend in the second quarter, albeit at a more muted pace than we saw in Q1. After a strong start in April, markets pulled back in May amidst another round of negative trade rhetoric from the US president. June saw that rhetoric cool, and the focus quickly shifted to more accommodative language from the US Federal Reserve, hinting at a potential interest rate cut in the coming weeks. The TSX finished the quarter up 1.7