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Investors are Watching Oil, Geopolitics and AI, but Mostly Growth
by Hubert Marleau, Market Economist, Palos Management Last week I wrote: “For sure, the market has been wacky…
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.
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.
The $485-billion Question
The evidence is accumulating, not arriving all at once. That is the central tension running through Goldman Sachs'…
The Right Question About the AI Bubble
A new parlor game has taken hold in boardrooms and investment committees, and BCG economists Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and…
The AI Builders Have Had Their Day. Now Watch the Adopters.
The first chapter of the AI investment story was easy to write. Buy the builders: the chip makers,…
AI Needs Power. Power Needs Capital.
by SIACharts.com The 30-year Treasury yield has become one of the market’s more closely watched signals this week,…
Canada-U.S. Trade War Enters a New Phase as Fed Signals Patience on Rates
The week of August 31 brought two defining stories for markets: a deepening rift between Canada and the…
One of the Most Important Policy Decisions of Our Lifetime?
There are moments when the messenger matters as much as the message. In a New York Times opinion…
Tariffs, Tensions & the Market Signals That Matter
by SIACharts.com Canada and the United States have a long-standing trade relationship, with billions of dollars in goods…
U.S. vs. China: Who’s winning the AI race?
by Mark Casey, Winnie Kwan, Sugi Widjaja, & Jared Franz, Capital Group KEY TAKEAWAYS U.S. AI models seek…
Back to Cloud Nine? The Market Is Asking the Wrong Question About AI
In a recent note from Citadel Securities' macro series, "Back to Cloud (Nine?)"1, published August 17, 2026, Nohshad…
How advisor teams can turn AI into a competitive advantage
Bryan Powell, Executive Director, Practice Management Consultant, discusses how successful advisory teams are using AI to improve the quality of their thinking, strengthen collaboration across the team, and challenge assumptions before important decisions ever reach a client.
When Policymakers Blink, Markets Remember
In a candid and structurally wide-ranging note published August 24, 2026, Nohshad Shah of Citadel Securities examines three…
The Illusion of Diversification: Why AI Has Rewritten the Rules of Portfolio Construction
For decades, the asset class pie chart has served as the visual shorthand for prudent portfolio construction. Five…
Elastic Expectations: The One Variable Holding Up the AI Trade
Does making intelligence cheaper expand demand for it? That is the question Frank Flight puts at the centre…