Whether you want to buy or rent, finding an affordable, comfortable home can be extremely difficult, if not impossible.
Just a few short years (months?) ago, few would have believed it possible. But it happened: Bitcoin has traded above $100,000 for the first time ever.
Investment themes are highly dynamic, shouldn’t your investment process be too? Learn about a systematic framework to help with identifying and investing across the themes driving markets.
Do you recall the famous line from the movie Glengarry Glen Ross? “Always Be Closing.” This may be good advice later in the process of working with a prospective client, but in the first conversation, try this instead: Always Be Curious.
U.S. policies are set for a major reshaping as full Republican control takes hold in 2025.
CEO Ali Dibadj highlights the three macro drivers that investors must navigate in 2025 and beyond, as well as the importance of actively positioning for a brighter investment future.
Five of Franklin Templeton’s specialist investment managers provide their annual outlooks for the global economy and key asset classes, including global equities; global fixed income; global infrastructure; the macro fixed income environment; municipal bond market; high yield bond market; small cap equities; U.S. dollar; U.S. economy; and U.S. equities.
Our Cash Indicator methodology acts as a plan in case of an emergency. This is analogous to the multiple safety systems in a modern automobile, which includes an airbag. Importantly, each of these systems work together to potentially help smooth the ride.
The next few years are set to see a significant expansion in global LNG export capacity, led by North America and Qatar.
Historical trends are being permanently broken in real time as mega forces, like the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), transform economies.
How to unlock value in a complex market landscape.
Over the past few years, I’ve written numerous articles and given numerous presentations on Direct Indexing.
With year-end looming, consider taking action now to determine if annual gifts make sense. Our Bill Cass shares useful strategies to consider for estate planning.
The bond market is caught between the Federal Reserve's plans to cut interest rates and the risk of higher inflation and federal debt levels.
The explosive growth of the ETF industry has attracted a full range of new entrants this year — from smaller individuals to the largest hedge funds in the world. More and more fund managers are making their foray into the world of ETFs.
Will the Fed make one more rate cut to end 2024? One more cut would top off what has been a very positive fall for rate cut hopefuls considering how long the Fed waited.
When the ECB’s rate-cutting cycle ends, should the neutral rate be far higher than pre-pandemic? Not in our view.
While the economy helped President Trump win a second term, it also created expectations that could prove difficult to meet.
We are all familiar with this SEC-required warning that “past performance does not predict future performance.”
Dan Suzuki analyzes current and historical trends in investors' stock, bond, and cash holdings to assess whether this "cash on the sidelines" narrative could be a valid catalyst for pushing the stock market to new highs.
Assets in money market funds reached an all-time high of $7 trillion this past month. Now that rates are moving lower, money market yields may not be as attractive to many investors and assets may gradually leave money funds.
A couple of weeks ago, we wrote about how the deficit had come back into focus for the U.S. financial markets.
At the 2018 Berkshire Annual Meeting, Buffett noted that “multiple times in my life, people have felt the country was more divided than ever.
We launched QuantStreet a little over three years ago, and our first accounts went live as of December 2021.
The S&P 500 earnings growth rate will likely come in just below the 6% mark for the third quarter.
In their 2025 outlook, Head of Americas Equities Marc Pinto and Head of EMEA and Asia Pacific Equities Lucas Klein say a changing macroeconomic backdrop could create new pockets of leadership in global equity markets.
Our research suggests that healthcare firms with sound pay practices may yield healthier returns.
We compare investor risk-taking behaviors at the start of the bull market with those nearly 16 years later. We also analyze key market areas that can offer essential diversification to help manage overall portfolio risk.
While politics garner headlines, fundamentals drive the market over the long term.
The Fed could be ‘slower to lower,' while the Trend continues to rise, with an overly optimistic Crowd due to seasonality and post-election trends.
The WisdomTree BioRevolution Fund (WDNA) is showing signs of recovery, reflecting renewed investor confidence in biotechnology innovation.
The 2024 wild ride has proven to be a continuation of last year’s.
International markets are expected to clear the hurdles of uncertain trade policy, tighter fiscal policy and slower than average economic growth to support solid overall returns.
With human rights regulations expanding, investors need a broader approach to assessing risk and opportunity.
When it comes to personalized investment strategies, multiple perspectives come into play: the client, the provider and the advisor.
It’s hard to keep track of all the theories about inflation. Remember policymakers and analysts blaming the surge in inflation in 2021-22 on supply-chain disruptions, too much government spending, and Putin invading Ukraine? Now some are saying that tariffs and deportations are going to cause a second surge in inflation.
Astoria rounds up its 10 ETFs for 2025, providing unique thought leadership and actionable investment ideas.
As a result of the election and rate cuts, the stock market indices surged to new highs in anticipation of lower taxes & looser regulations.
Expectations for solid corporate earnings drove our U.S. and Japanese equity overweights this year. They have delivered, showing that fundamentals are key. Earnings strength could matter more to equity investors in 2025 over valuations.
Today’s video is another in the continuing series of videos where we are looking for value in each of the 10 major sectors as reported by Standard & Poor’s.
Credit spreads are critical to understanding market sentiment and predicting potential stock market downturns.
The question on “everyone’s” mind, whether the back or the front, is where will the stock market be in two, three, six years?
Trump's election win spurred market optimism, driving rallies in equities, crypto, and cyclical sector.
As Germany and France head into another year of near-zero growth, it is clear that Keynesian stimulus alone cannot pull them out of their current malaise. To regain the dynamism and flexibility needed to weather US President-elect Donald Trump’s tariffs, Europe’s largest economies must pursue far-reaching structural reforms.
Let’s take a look at five of VettaFi's articles that significantly resonated with the community in 2024.
Policy changes could reshape return potential for companies across the US market. Here’s how investors can start thinking about the challenges ahead.
It’s been nearly two years since generative artificial intelligence (AI) took the world by storm, with the release of large language models like ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini dazzling humankind with their ability to interpret human requests and respond with the desired output.
You're interested in investing in municipal bonds, but which type—general obligation or revenue—is best for you? We break it down.
Wholesale elimination of tax exemption isn’t likely, but certain types of muni bonds could be targets.
Another election season has come to an end. While there are opposing feelings about the outcome of the election, I think everyone agrees that they are happy it is over.
