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The Evolving Nature of Equity Quality in the Age of AI
  • 17 Jul 2026

Investors must determine what the AI capital-spending surge means for long-term business durability. Quality investing has always been rooted in a simple idea: over time, shares of companies with r...

Quarterly Digital Assets Review Q2 2026
  • 17 Jul 2026

Bitcoin's Rount Trip: A Fed-Driven Reversal Erases the Spring RecoveryComing off Q1's roughly 23% decline — the steepest opening-quarter drop in ...

ICOLI and IDFs: A capital-efficient gateway to private markets for insurers
  • 17 Jul 2026

By: StepStone Insurance Solutions Key takeaways Insurers are increasing allocations to private markets for yield, diversification, and asset-liability matching, but face friction from regula...

Innovation vs. Inflation: The Macro Tension Defining the Second Half
  • 17 Jul 2026

The second half of 2026 may test investors’ ability to stay optimistic about innovation while staying disciplined on inflation, rates, and valuations.

Central Bank Watch: No Rush to Relax
  • 17 Jul 2026

Global central banks are entering a more complicated phase, according to Franklin Templeton Fixed Income, where patience increasingly comes with conditions. Policymakers are balancing sticky inflat...

The Relationship Between AI and Inflation
  • 17 Jul 2026

Technology investment carries rising costs. Carl Tannenbaum explains.

Small caps' rally may be more durable than investors think
  • 17 Jul 2026

US small-cap stocks have outpaced large caps in 2026. Will their strong earnings growth, market breadth, and discounted valuations support further upside?

Economics Weekly: Money Matters Again – Inflation and the Fed’s Evolving Framework
  • 17 Jul 2026

In this Economics Weekly, Richard de Chazal looks at the past remarks of Greg Mankiw, who was appointed (along with William White and Thomas Sargent) to examine the Fed’s inflation framework, to ga...

101: Markets at Mid-Year
  • 16 Jul 2026

Mid-year insights into how 2026 is unfolding and what lies ahead, featuring economic and market forecasts, AI infrastructure financing, and the evolving geopolitical landscape. Plus, market moves,...