AI Concentration and the Case for Caution
By Tyler Ellegard Last week offered a sharp reminder of how concentrated this market has become. A tech-led selloff hit the handful of companies known as the Magnificent Seven hard,…
Midterm Elections and Markets
By Lisa Schreiber With just a couple of weeks until the midterm elections, political advertising and campaign coverage are intensifying, bringing political uncertainty back into investors’ focus. With control of…
$40 Trillion and Counting…
By Lisa Schreiber Last week, the United States crossed a remarkable milestone, unfortunately, not one worth celebrating. U.S. national debt has surpassed $40 trillion, a number so large that it is…
A New Era for Federal Reserve Leadership
By TJ Klein, CFA® The Federal Reserve (Fed), the central bank of the United States, is one of the most important factors affecting the economy, markets, and investors, as it controls…
The World of Alternative Investments
By Lisa Schreiber Markets have a way of reminding investors that no single asset class outperforms across every market environment. Recent market cycles have reinforced the importance of diversification. As investors…
The Era of Mega IPOs Has Arrived
By Lisa Schreiber For decades, the initial public offering (IPO) has served as a defining milestone for companies seeking access to public capital markets. Yet a new era of mega IPOs…
The Mood vs. Reality
By Lisa Schreiber Last week's US consumer sentiment survey, released by the University of MIchigan, delivered a striking signal about how Americans are feeling about the economy and their personal finances.…
Dethroning the Dollar – Easier Said Than Done
By Tyler Ellegard, CFA® The U.S. dollar has long been the cornerstone of the global financial system — the world's primary reserve currency, accounting for roughly 58%1 of global reserves, and the…
Tariffs are so 2025 – or are they?
By Lisa Schreiber Nearly one year after “Liberation Day” — when the administration introduced sweeping tariffs on major U.S. trading partners, trade policy has taken another sharp turn. On Feb. 20,…
Geopolitical Risk and Opportunity
By Kyle Bergacker Geopolitical conflict has long influenced financial markets, but its impact today looks different than in the past. Rather than pushing the entire market higher or lower, geopolitical risk…