Following the earthquake that struck financial markets in late 2008 and early 2009, initially economic growth surged and stock markets soared. However, after an earthquake occurs, aftershocks tend to roll though the landscape. Recently, financial markets have experienced the first meaningful aftershock since the big earthquake with risks associated with Europe’s debt crisis jolting global equity markets in May. Europe’s fiscal challenges have the potential to create more volatility for the stock market and other aftershocks could surface if the U.S. economy weakens. To learn how RBC Wealth Management analysts believe investors can more effectively prevail over additional aftershocks, read the latest Private Client Research Group Quarterly Strategy Report.