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The end of China’s challenging chapter?

Oct 31, 2024 |Frédérique Carrier

China’s economy is struggling. A coordinated stimulus to curb the crippling housing crisis and support local governments is being announced. We explore the measures undertaken and contemplated and their potential implications for portfolios.

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Bigger BRICS: Building a multipolar world?

Oct 25, 2024 |Kelly Bogdanova

Our ongoing “Worlds Apart” series looks at the just-concluded BRICS summit and how the group aims to rebalance the global order. We believe the shift to a multipolar, more fragmented world argues for viewing portfolio allocations through a different

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Inflation moving to the back burner, but still simmering

Oct 17, 2024 |Josh Nye

Central banks’ inflation targets are in sight, but not all price trends have normalized. Inflation isn’t the headache it was, but investors should keep it in mind in their asset allocation decisions.

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Exploring the impacts of AI and GenAI across industries

Oct 15, 2024 |Frédérique Carrier

Continuing our examination of artificial intelligence and its potential to shape the investment landscape, we look at the specific impacts AI may have—or is already having—across a wide range of industries.

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Recession scorecard update: Stop and start

Oct 10, 2024 |Jim Allworth

There have been no recent scorecard rating changes. However, two of the seven indicators have failed to move in the anticipated direction over the past month.

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Debunking debt disaster

Oct 03, 2024 |Atul Bhatia, CFA

Myths may be important to folklore, but they’re not helpful in finance. We look at the facts behind some of the common myths surrounding the U.S. national debt.

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The price of Fed rate cut success is steep, but not too steep

Oct 03, 2024 |Thomas Garretson, CFA

The Fed has finally aggressively lowered interest rates. While a steeper yield curve reflects the market’s optimism that rate cuts will shore up the economic outlook, further steepness could be a sign the Fed will cut rates deeply, likely due to a re

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