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Atoms Over Algorithms: GMO's Case for Rebuilding America's Industrial Core
Hamilton's Ghost Sam Klar, portfolio manager on GMO's Focused Equity team, opens his November 2026 note, Investing in…
Where the Puck Is Going: The November Reload
The election is over, and Citadel Securities1 is telling clients the relief is more than emotional. In the…
Faster Decisions, No Compromise: Inside BMO Insurance’s SmartDecision
BMO Insurance's Katarina Nikolic, on how SmartDecision delivers market leading real-time underwriting decisions up to $5-million, which eliminates delays and uncertainty in the decision-making process.
Read the Footnotes: Rob Arnott on Telling a Bargain from a Trap
Mr. Market has been generous to value investors in 2026. Through September 30, the Russell 1000 Value Index…
When Earnings Beats Get Smaller, Selectivity Gets Bigger
Third-quarter earnings season is delivering the usual headline: companies are beating Wall Street's estimates. But the size of…
The Conviction Gap: What Most Advisor Portfolios Are Missing at the Core
Most advisor portfolios mistake active weight for manager conviction. Franklin Templeton's five-factor core equity suite fixes that, starting with a proprietary conviction signal that extracts what managers actually believe.
When Nothing Moves Together, That's the Signal
Q3 2026 looked uneventful from 30,000 feet and strange from everywhere closer. In How to Win in a…
Trapped in the Mineshaft
by Bill Smead, CIO, Smead Capital Management Dear fellow investors, My wife’s ancestors were coal miners in Kentucky.…
Value and Growth Trade Places
by SIACharts.com Growth and value represent two fundamental approaches to portfolio management, and the balance of leadership between…
Why Hasn’t There Been a Big Financial Crisis in Recent Years?
Financial crises haven't disappeared since 2008 — they've simply gone quiet, and Deutsche Bank Research Institute's Henry Allen,…
Insolvency Pressure Cooker: Allianz Research Maps a Historic Plateau Through 2028
Business failures have risen for four straight years, and Allianz Research's latest outlook makes clear the climb is…
The Pause Before the Push
Jeffrey R. Thompson, Chief Executive Officer of Donoghue Forlines1, opens the firm's October 2026 commentary with a market…
The Wrapper Is Not the Strategy
ETFs are no longer products to pick. According to NBI’s Jean-Carlo Rouzier, they are the rails of the modern portfolio — and that changes everything.
Quick Thoughts: Bluer Than Blue—Investment Implications
Stephen Dover, Chief Market Strategist and Head of Franklin Templeton Institute, examines the investment implications of the 2026 midterm elections, including political gridlock, interest rates, artificial intelligence and sector-specific opportunities.
Above-Average Returns: Why The Next Decade Differs
by Lance Roberts, RIA Sixteen years of above-average returns came mostly from rising valuations, and that is the…
Beyond the Ballots: What Matters for Markets
by Jeff Buchbinder, Chief Equity Strategist, LPL Research Additional content provided by Adam Turnquist, Chief Cross-Asset Strategist. The…
Stanley Black & Decker Breaks Out as Manufacturing Slips
by SIACharts.com Stanley Black & Decker Inc. holds a SIA SMAX Score of 9/10, indicating near-term relative strength…