macro views

Amid a backdrop of uncertainty and financial-market correction, where are the opportunities for fixed-income investors?

We consider what import tariffs and deregulation could mean for certain sectors of the US economy.

The multi-asset solutions team provides an assessment of the macro landscape.

We debate the most out-of-consensus viewpoints for 2025.

We discuss the consensus ‘Trump trade’ and whether it will hold.

We assess the global outlook for 2025 and uncover the key areas of opportunity for bond investors.

We consider the broad investment implications of Donald Trump’s US election victory.

How should bond investors approach market conditions similar to those last seen in the 1970s?

We assess the current and potential future impact of inflation, debt and interest rates upon markets.

We analyze how potentially higher-for-longer inflation could influence markets over the coming months.

We analyze how China’s economy is influencing inflation rates across the developed and emerging world.

Why we believe a changed macroeconomic backdrop makes an absolute-return investment approach increasingly relevant.

We reveal the themes and sectors that we believe will help us to unlock long-term growth in 2024.

With several key trends set to reach an important climax in 2024, we consider the investment implications.

After two difficult years, we explain why we believe the prospects for bond investors are improving.

Our thoughts on First Republic's collapse and what it means for the banking sector.

We analyze the potential consequences of tighter money supply and changing central-bank rate policy

We examine the future of commercial real estate and its implications for employers and employees alike.

After a prolonged period of relative underperformance, could emerging-market equities be set for a renaissance?

We analyze the prospects for bond markets in 2023.

We assess the prospects for UK government bonds

In the latest Double Take, we examine the investment implications of the continuing energy crisis enveloping the UK.

We examine how the Russian leader’s actions have affected the market’s risk premium and what might happen next.

We analyze potential consequences of new UK fiscal and monetary policy for UK bonds and the wider economy.

We investigate the rapidly evolving world of cryptocurrency compliance as financial institutions plan to expand into digital assets.

We analyze how diverging economies can create opportunities for bond investors with a global mindset.

Why the integration and disclosure of people with disabilities in workplaces displays good values and is economically practical.

We discuss the evolving state of diversity, human capital management, and disclosure at public companies.

Why deglobalization and supply shortages are leading to greater government intervention.

We investigate the trend of deglobalization and explore why some manufacturers are bringing operations back home.

We examine the conditions that have led to increasingly high levels of inflation.

We examine how the theme of divergence is creating opportunities for global bond investors in the US market.

We discuss how our global equity specialists are managing the volatility of today’s market landscape.

We discuss the potential of nuclear energy and how it may fit into the global energy transition.

Empirical evidence shows gold may not be a reliable inflation hedge.

We investigate how big tech companies are mining personal data, and how regulators and lawmakers are responding.

We examine the long-term global structural impacts of the Ukraine war and Russia’s pariah status.

Conventional wisdom says that traditional stock and bond investments typically perform poorly during inflation episodes.

We assess the possible investment implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

We assess what the Fed’s latest monetary-policy signaling could mean for bond markets.

Why we believe the post-Covid recovery will be different from the post-financial crisis period.

We unpick the cozy consensus on inflation

With protectionist measures on the increase globally, we discuss some of the opportunities and risks for investors.

Will inflation finally re-emerge in a post-pandemic recovery, and how can a balanced portfolio prepare for it?

As policy intervention ratchets up to new levels in response to Covid-19, what are the implications for investors?

We discuss the outlook for the precious metal.

Could the US election outcome and hopes of an imminent Covid-19 vaccine keep markets trending upwards?

We discuss how bond markets have responded to the US election.

Why we believe the post-pandemic economy will take some time to get back to pre-crisis levels.