What do you need to know? US interest rates are likely to increase again before the end of 2026, the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting showed. All members of the rate-setting committee voted in favour of a 25 basis-point rate hike to 3.75%-4.0% in September, and “most” felt that another hike “would likely
Following a sharp sell-off in US high yield, improved valuations are creating an opportunity to add higher-quality yield.
The global economy is undergoing a profound realignment to a more self-interested, transactional approach as regionalisation replaces the old rules-based order
France’s bond market turmoil highlights growing investor concerns over fiscal sustainability amid persistent deficits and political uncertainty.
The investment environment is getting expensive, but adjusting a dynamic asset allocation strategy's underlying risk model can still deliver strong performance.
The Asset Allocation Committee maintains its broader risk bias while recalibrating specific exposures as a sharper rate path and a maturing credit cycle reshape the calculus
Global equity outlook: strong earnings and growth support equities despite trade tensions, bond weakness and energy-driven inflation.
Stronger policy credibility and high yields can help emerging market debt absorb a relatively modest inflation shock, supporting carry and select opportunities.
Timberland is a real asset typically classified within the natural resources segment of an institutional portfolio. The asset class encompasses forested land held primarily for the commercial produ...
Explore Morningstar’s Q4 2026 US Stock Market Outlook for our latest market update, economic data, sector valuations, and more. Download now to learn more.
In European real estate, the question is no longer just where an asset sits, but whether it can get the power it needs.
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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