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When Everything Trades Together, Diversification Gets Harder
AllianceBernstein's Inigo Fraser-Jenkins on the portfolio risks of the AI era
The Ballot Box Has Limits: What the U.S. Fiscal Clock Means for Portfolios
As midterm season returns and political commentary fills the airwaves, Meketa Investment Group's Global Macroeconomic Investment Committee offers…
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.
Competition for Capital: The New Reality Reshaping Equity Markets
Two forces are reshaping the investment landscape with unusual intensity. In a September 17, 2026 report1 published by…
Headwinds, Inversions, and the Long Road Back: RBC GAM's Macro Update
RBC Global Asset Management Chief Economist Eric Lascelles delivers his latest #MacroMemo1 against a backdrop of compounding pressures:…
Scarcity Is the Signal: BlackRock's Q4 2026 Outlook Redraws the Investment Map
The BlackRock Investment Institute's 2026 Q4 Global Outlook1 arrives at a genuine inflection point. The AI buildout is…
Stronger Together: Carney, the Fed and the 5% Threshold
When Prime Minister Mark Carney stood before the European Parliament and embraced an invitation for Canada to become…
The Conditions Were Perfect. 67% Still Lost.
The question is no longer whether active management faces structural headwinds. The question is what it would actually…
Bill Gurley: The Greatest Uninvestigated Catastrophe in Human History
At the All-In Summit1, Venture Capitalist, Bill Gurley delivers what may be the most consequential speech of his…
Beyond Buffers: The Real Cost of Defined Outcomes
Buffer ETFs have attracted a compelling pitch: participate in equity markets while limiting the downside. With US$89 billion…
The Earnings Engine and the Expensive World: What Schroders' September Equity Lens Reveals
The central question Schroders poses in its September 2026 Equity Lens1 is deceptively simple: by how much should…
The Track Record on Tech Doom Is Not Impressive
History has a way of humbling even the most credentialed forecasters, and artificial intelligence is offering no exemption.…
50% Tariffs or TACO Tuesday? What Canadian Advisors Need to Know Before January 1
When Canada woke up to news of new 50% tariffs on its goods entering the United States, the…
The $965 Billion Argument for Rethinking Emerging Markets
Kevin Carter, Founder and CIO at EMXETF, traces the capital flow most EM allocations are still positioned to miss.
When the Lens Changes, Everything Changes
The greatest investment risk in today's market may not be a data surprise. It may be a change…
The Limit Does Not Exist: The Case for Compounding Compute
In their third installment of a groundbreaking research series1, Franklin Equity Portfolio Manager Matthew J. Moberg, CPA, and…