1. Economic and Market Recap April 2015

2. 2 Equity and Fixed Income Markets IndexMar (%)QTR (%)2014 (%)2013 (%)2012 (%)2011 (%)2010 (%) S&P/TSX Composite TR Index-1.92.610.613.07.2-8.717.6 Dow Jones Industrial Average TR US$-1.90.310.138.710.28.414.1 S&P 500 TR US$ Index-1.61.013.732.416.02.115.1 Russell 3000 Index TR US$-1.21.812.633.616.41.011.0 MSCI World Index TR-0.112.015.035.914.0-2.76.5 MSCI EAFE Index TR0.014.83.731.615.3-9.62.6 MSCI Emerging Markets Index TR0.011.87.04.316.0-16.213.0 FTSE TMX Canada Universe Bond Index TR-0.34.28.8-1.23.69.76.7 Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index TR US$0.51.66.0-2.04.27.86.5 BofAML US High Yield BB-B Index TR US$-0.52.73.56.314.75.414.5 JP Morgan EMBI Global Diversified Index US$0.22.07.4-5.317.47.412.2 Index Returns are Total Return, in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted. Source: RBC Global Asset Management

3. 3 Sector Performance SectorMar (%)QTR (%)2014 (%)2013 (%)2012 (%)2011 (%)2010 (%) S&P/TSX Energy-1.4-0.8-4.813.6-0.6-9.911.7 S&P/TSX Materials-10.13.3-2.6-29.1-5.7-21.236.5 S&P/TSX Industrials-0.70.121.937.515.34.216.7 S&P/TSX Consumer Discretionary6.129.143.022.1-15.525.5 S&P/TSX Consumer Staples-0.73.349.123.622.66.810.9 S&P/TSX Healthcare7.328.530.372.124.750.444.9 S&P/TSX Financials-1.4-2.113.823.717.6-2.98.5 S&P/TSX Information Technology-3.48.135.137.3-2.9-52.54.7 S&P/TSX Telecom-2.6-2.915.513.111.524.919.0 S&P/TSX Utilities-1.33.616.1-4.14.06.518.4 All returns are total return, CAD SectorMar (%)QTR (%)2014 (%)2013 (%)2012 (%)2011 (%)2010 (%) S&P 500 Energy-1.9-2.9-7.825.14.64.720.5 S&P 500 Materials-4.71.06.925.615.0-9.822.2 S&P 500 Industrials-2.6-0.99.740.715.4-0.626.7 S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary-0.54.89.743.123.96.127.7 S&P 500 Consumer Staples-2.01.016.026.110.814.014.1 S&P 500 Healthcare0.96.525.341.517.912.72.9 S&P 500 Financials-0.6-2.115.235.628.8-17.112.1 S&P 500 Technology-3.30.620.128.414.82.410.2 S&P 500 Telecom-3.71.53.011.518.36.319.0 S&P 500 Utilities-5.229.013.21.32.15.5 All returns are total return, USD Source: RBC Global Asset Management

4. 4 Sector Weights Source: RBC Global Asset Management

5. 5 Currencies and Commodities Currencies Commodities Source: RBC Global Asset Management

6. 6 March Snapshot – Price Returns

7. 7 Asset Growth Over 1 and 10 Years – Total Returns 1 Year10 Years FTSE TMX Canada Universe Bond Index TR 10.265.64 S&P/TSX Composite Index TR6.937.41 S&P 500 Index TR 29.178.51 MSCI EAFE Index Net of Taxes TR 13.695.43 MSCI Emerging Markets Index Net of Taxes TR 15.248.97

8. 8 Trailing Index P/E Ratios

9. 9 S&P 500 Index – Trailing P/E vs. Dividend Yield

10. 10 S&P 500 Dividend Yield vs. U.S. Gov't 10-Year Bond Yield

11. 11 S&P/TSX Composite Index Dividend Yield vs. Canadian Gov't 10-Year Bond Yield

12. 12 1-Year C$/US$ Exchange Rate

13. 13 Peak at 2182 bps on December 15, 2008 Trough at 241 bps on June 1, 2007 High-Yield Bond Spreads – Past 10 Years

14. 14 10-Year U.S. Treasury Yields Over the Last Month

15. 15 10-Year U.S. Treasury Yields Over the Last 12 Months Peak at 2.804% on April 2, 2014 Trough at 1.640% on January 30, 2015

16. 16 10-Year Canadian Government Yields – March 2015

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