Middle East tensions fuel volatility amid inflation concerns and equity market resilience.
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The Fed raised interest rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday, consistent with our expectations and with our view that this is an adjustment cycle.
Japan’s inflation remains sticky, with labour shortages and higher commodity prices likely to keep cost pressures elevated. Meanwhile, surging JGB yields are increasing local portfolio risks. Gold...
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The dispersion between economies, the distance between benchmark eligibility and true opportunity, the multiple independent drivers of return, and the inefficiencies thrown up by the market's own m...
Our global capital markets outlooks generally moved lower in the second quarter as risk assets rallied sharply. The rebound reversed much of a first-quarter rotation into value stocks, with strong...
Our Mid-Year Capital Market Assumptions highlight that asset return forecasts have generally improved, supported by higher interest rates and more attractive equity valuations. Our 10-year assumpti...
Our long-term asset class forecasts are forward-looking estimates of total return and risk premia for major asset classes. Read our update for Q3 2026.
Our latest Capital Markets Assumptions point to a familiar but important conclusion: we still see a narrower band of outcomes across asset classes, as central banks do less to suppress rates in...
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