VanEck
Defense Spending Surges into a New Era with Global Investment Implications
VanEck’s August 2025 whitepaper analyzes how geopolitical tensions and NATO’s revised targets are driving a structural increase in global defense spending.
Global defense budgets reached USD 2.7 tn in 2024, with Europe posti...
2025-08-26
2025-08-26
Northern Trust
Trade Evasion, Policy Legacies, and Data Reliability Under the Spotlight
Northern Trust’s Weekly Economic Commentary (22 August 2025) examines U.S. trade enforcement, Janet Yellen’s economic legacy, and statistical challenges in labor reporting.
Transshipment risk: U.S. Customs enforcem...
2025-08-25
GMO
American Unexceptionalism: Why U.S. Equities May No Longer Outshine Global Peers
The latest GMO Quarterly Letter by Ben Inker and John Pease challenges the assumption of U.S. equity dominance, dissecting the drivers of the S&P 500’s long outperformance.
Roughly 80% of U.S. outperformance came from dollar streng...
2025-08-25
State Street Global Advisors
Positioning for Geopolitical Shocks in the Trump 2.0 Era
State Street Investment Management strategists (Bartolini, Hentov, Kassam, Preston) update their framework for navigating heightened geopolitical risk under Trump’s second term.
Gold remains core: up ~50% since 2024, supported by centr...
2025-08-25
Pictet Asset Management
Evolutionary Insights for Climate Adaptation
Pictet Asset Management’s latest Active Equity perspective draws on insights from Professor Colin Shaw (University of Zurich) and The Klosters Forum to explore how human adaptation principles can inform urban resilience strategies....
2025-08-25
Edmond de Rothschild
Markets Balance Geopolitics, Inflation Risks, and Diverging Economic Signals
Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management’s Flash Marchés (22 August 2025) reviews how geopolitical negotiations and shifting macroeconomic data are shaping markets.
Geopolitics: Trump-Putin talks stalled on a ceasefi...
2025-08-21
BNY Mellon
Holding Altitude: Equity Perspectives for Navigating Volatility
BNY Investments Newton provides an equity market outlook, highlighting risks and positioning strategies amid heightened volatility.
Tariff policy shifts, mixed U.S. economic data, and rising fiscal pressures are key drivers of uncertainty, w...
2025-08-21
MFS Investment Management
Market Breadth’s Return: A New Opening for Active Management
MFS Investment Management’s Strategist’s Corner explores how shifts in market structure and capital costs may restore opportunities for active managers.
Prolonged low rates and fiscal stimulus suppressed market breadth,...
2025-08-21
GMO
Rethinking Global Allocations: Three Paths to Boost International Equity Exposure
GMO’s Asset Allocation team explores strategies for diversifying equity portfolios beyond the U.S., where valuations are elevated and concentration risk is growing.
U.S. equities now represent ~75% of MSCI World, leaving investors expo...
2025-08-20
Northern Trust
Graduate Hiring Pressures and Policy Challenges in a Shifting Global Landscape
This Northern Trust Weekly Economic Commentary provides an in-depth assessment of U.S. graduate employment, Swiss trade pressures, and data reliability concerns.
Labor market strain: Recent U.S. college graduates face 20% higher unemplo...
