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Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions
  • 19 Oct 2026

The 30th annual edition explores how rising economic nationalism and fiscal activism create both challenges and silver linings for investors. Technology adoption will provide a near-term boost to p...

Factor investing foundations: Five equity factors
  • 19 Oct 2026

Understand how value, size, momentum, volatility, and quality factors work, including their rationale, risks, and portfolio implications.

A brighter productivity outlook for the AI era
  • 19 Oct 2026

AI promise is becoming real. And yet adoption is still early and uneven.

CIO Weekly: Europe’s Risk Premium Is Upside Down
  • 19 Oct 2026

A quarter-century relationship between European bond and equity risk premia has broken. We explain why the reversal is unlikely to last, and what it means for positioning

The Bridge Ep. 25: What’s Really Driving Inflation and Market Volatility
  • 16 Oct 2026

In Episode 25 of The Bridge, host Sonali Basak, Chief Investment Strategist at iCapital, sits down with Stephen Miran, senior strategist at Hudson Bay Capital Management and former Federal Reserve...

GMO 7-Year Asset Class Forecast: 3Q 2026
  • 16 Oct 2026

GMO's 7-Year Asset Class Forecast as of September 30, 2026.

Investment Weekly: Zooming out on expected returns
  • 16 Oct 2026

Expected returns point to higher fixed-income returns, international equities and diversified portfolio hedges in a world of shocks and a boom.

European fiscal risks and emerging markets: Key pressure points for investors
  • 16 Oct 2026

Lyndon Man examines European fiscal risks, lessons from 2011 and which emerging market currencies, rates and bonds may withstand contagion amid volatility.

Japan Investment Commentary and Market Outlook September 2026
  • 16 Oct 2026

Broadening earnings growth supports Japanese equities Japanese equities remained resilient despite volatility driven...