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The Challenging Sustainable Investing Landscape One Size Does Not Fit All
European Parliament Elections Matter in the Medium Term
Real Assets Review
Evolution of Trading in Emerging Markets
The Wait Is Over
Emerging Market Debt Commentary: October 2024
Global High Yield Update – Q3 2024
Featured Cash Insights
Mortgage Optimism Boosts Sentiment
Indexed Fixed Income: Delivering Precise and Reliable Outcomes
How Indexed High Yield Can Complement Private Market Allocations
Market Regime Indicator: Q2 2024
Temperature Scores: A Guide to Climate Alignment Metrics
Monthly Cash Review - GBP
GCC Region in Bloom
Managing Private Market Asset Allocations
Optimizing a Global Credit Portfolio
Odds of RBA Rate Hike Increase
Market Forecasts: Q1 2025
Tipping Point: Is The RBA On Track For A Rate Hike?
Systematic Investing in Credit Is Now Feasible
Global Market Portfolio 2024
Latest Data Suggests Need for Urgency
2022 Global Retirement Reality Report: Ireland Snapshot
An Introduction to Systematic Active Fixed Income
ESG Insights
Data Keeps Alive Chance of March Fed Cut
Expectation Improves for Equities
There is Still Time to Move to Prime
Charitable Asset Management
Fixed Income 2025: Roadmap
Opportunities and Risks Related to Emerging Technologies
Q2 2025 Cash Outlook
Sentiment Improves for Fixed Income
Investing in Sustainable Growth: Q2 2024
US Macro Data Coming in Hot and Cold
Path to Lower Rates Won’t Be Uniform
Fixed Income 2025: Return of the Sovereigns
UK Elections: Potential for Upside Surprises
Q1 2025 Cash Outlook
A Better Macro Policy Framework for Europe
Investment Outlook
The Importance of Global Trade
Two-Sided Risks to US Soft Landing
Dollar Surge Continues
How To Invest: A Step by Step Guide
US Sovereign Wealth Fund A Behemoth in the Making?
Forward-Looking Climate Metrics in Corporate Bond Portfolios
Convertibles Steer Through 2025 Turbulence Smoothly
Adapt and Thrive: Evolution and Innovation in Emerging Markets
Select Funds Reclassified Under SFDR Article 8
US Tariffs Break the USD Bull Case
Exploring Transformative Technologies
US Equities Keep Rolling: Could It Really Be This Easy?
Striking a More Defensive Posture
From Resilience to Recession: Allocating to US Equities Amid Tariff and Inflation Risks
Trade Repositions While Globalization Wanes
2022 Global Retirement Reality Report: US Snapshot
Finishing Strong and Preparing for the Year Ahead
Forecasts Improve for the Agg
France’s Fiscal Fragility Strains the Eurozone
Q2 Investment Outlook
US Economy Is Slowing
European Equities Overweighted
Real Assets Insights: Q1 2024
US Public Debt at Record High
Can Australia Survive A Trade War?
Shocks and Reversals
Overweight in European Equities
Inflation or Growth – Which One Is It?
Monthly Cash Review: March 2025 (USD)
Why were funds so short
What Does the Return of Oil Volatility Mean for Commodities?
A Letter From Our CIO: Systematic Equity Update
S&P 500 Leadership Shifts Beyond Tech
An Active Fundamental Approach to the US Market
Economic Growth Exceeds Expectations
Emerging Market Debt at State Street Global Advisors
April CPI Data Brings Relief
Global High Yield Year in Review
Mexico’s New Government: A Pivotal Moment for the Country’s Investment Story
Shifting Sands: The GCC’s Equity Market Transformation
Defined Benefit Dynamism: Navigating Towards Better Outcomes
Long-Term Asset Class Forecasts: Q4 2024
De-Risking Effectively Using Fixed Income Building Blocks
Expect Bank of England to Cut in August
Overview: Systematic Active Fixed Income Signals
Fed Cuts Delayed by Robust Labor Market Data
Market Regime Indicator: Q1 2024
3 Things Investors Should Know but Likely Don’t
Implementing Your De-Risking Strategy: Plan-by-Plan Considerations
Stage Being Set for Bank of Japan Rate Hike
What an 80:60 Equity Strategy Can Teach Investors as Market Volatility Rises
DeepSeek’s Game-Changing Implications for the AI Play
Portfolio Protection: A Renaissance for Government Bonds
A Customized Climate Bond Strategy
Emerging Market Debt Commentary: November 2024
Emerging Market Debt Market Commentary: May 2024
Indexed Fixed Income at State Street Global Advisors: Snapshot 2024
Decoding the Market Reaction to Trump’s Win
US Economy Powers Ahead
High Yield in Focus
The Consequences of the Global Liquidity Crisis for Emerging Markets Investors
Q2 2024 Credit Research Outlook
Inflation Report Surprises Fade Rate Cut Prospects
Small Caps: More Than Just a Factor Premium
An Unusual Mortgage Refinancing Cycle Ahead
More Storms Brewing: Are Tariffs on Europe Next?
Performance Flows
A Strategic Foundation: Twenty Years of Real Assets
Steady Global Growth Masks Considerable Risks
Emerging Market Debt Commentary: January 2025
Active Quantitative Equity Quarterly
State of the Market
LDI Monthly Update: April 2024
Labor Market Resilience Offsets Geopolitical Tensions
UK Autumn Budget Signals Fiscal Expansion
Appetite for Risk Wanes
A Fundamental Approach to Climate Risk Assessment
Surging Tailwinds Support US Small-cap and Mid-cap Stocks
The Rise in Systematic Credit Investing
Inflation Relief Boosts Rate Cut Expectations
Investing in the Future Approaches to Climate Change in Portfolios
China’s 2020 National People’s Congress: The Big Policy Pivot
How Bank Loan ETFs Can Complement Private Market Allocations
The Markets
Small Caps Remain Sensitive to Yields
Global Forecasts Are Little Changed
DeepSeek’s Shifting Dynamics
The Role of Active, Index and Systematic Investing in Fixed Income Portfolios
The Problem With Too Long of a Fed Delay?
Introduction to Barclays QPS
Playback of Client Call: Liquidity Update with Global Trading
Weekly Economic Perspectives, 26 April 2024
Inflation Continues to Dominate Market Action
Disinflation Exception? The Special Case Of Insurance Costs
Long-Term Asset Class Forecasts: Q1 2025
Liquid Real Assets in DC Pension Plans
Signs of Restored Stock-Bond Balance
Fed Policy Mistake? 3 Reasons the Economy Will Keep Humming
Breaking Down 2024 Market Performance
China’s Latest Stimulus: Boosting Price, not Earnings
Japan’s Path Ahead Amid Political Uncertainty
Trump 2.0: Implications for Taiwan, South Korea, and China’s Tech Sectors
India: Where the Fireworks Come From
USD Poised for Downward Correction
Germany's Fiscal Shift: Market Implications and Global Ripples
Market Forecasts: Q4 2024
What’s New in Multi-Asset Investing? A Q&A with Alexander Rudin, Ph.D.
Lofty Real Rate Expectations
China-led Emerging Markets Rally Still Has Room to Run, But Faces Headwinds
Little Relief in Current Data
Macro Resilience Continues to Support Markets
Waiting for Value: Time to Reassess ‘Cheap’ Equities?
Central Bank Check-In: What’s Next Around the Globe
Tariffs Pose Risk to the US Deficit
BoJ Rate Now at 17-Year High
Q4 2024 Credit Research Outlook
Fixed Income Stewardship Program Updates
Tariff Risk Looms Large
Smart Beta Compass
A Capital Efficient Approach for Managing DB Plan Assets
Canada Inflation Continues to Ease
Building a Portfolio: A Closer Look at Our Process
Macroeconomic Outlook 2025
Yen Set for Gains in Volatile Markets
Geopolitical Outlook 2025
Election Overshadows Fed's Rate Cut
What’s Driving Local Currency Emerging Market Debt’s Stellar Year-to-date Returns?
Canada Snapshot
Expectations Improve for US Equities
Regaining Retirement Confidence in a Post-Pandemic Environment
Tariffs Put Global Economy at Risk of Recession
Our Annual Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Report is Here
Is the Gold Market Pricing-In US Recession Risks?
G10 Currencies to Remain Range Bound
Momentum Sails On, For Now
Policy Action Overshadows February Jobs Report
Bond Sell-Off: Implications for the US and UK Markets
US Election Wrap-up: The Comeback President and What Happens Next
Investor Behaviour
Growing Tariff Anxiety Overshadows Payrolls Data
Canada GDP Growth Exceeds Expectations
The Tidal Wave of Global Debt: Causes and Consequences
Elections and Equities: The Impact of the US Election on Sector Investing
US Housing Activity Shifts
Blending Active and Index Building Blocks for Better Fixed Income Outcomes
The Modernization of Bond Market Trading and its Implications
Long-Term Asset Class Forecasts: Q3 2024
Understanding Money Market Funds
Global High Yield Update Q1 2024
Softening US Data Warrants Cautious Fed Approach
Path Clear for Rate Cut in September
Yen: Opportunistic, but Limited Intervention
A Letter From Our CIO: Indexed Fixed Income Update
Emerging Market Debt Outlook: Opportunities Amid Uncertainty
Beyond Banks: Financial Stocks and Trump
Q3 Credit Research Outlook
MPFL Section 172 Statement
Skilling Up During Disruption
SSGAL Section 172 Statement
Europe in the Spotlight
Asset Stewardship Report
Q2 2025 Bond Compass
Emerging Market Debt Commentary: Q1 2025
Elections
Global High Yield Update – Q2 2024
Bond Yields Rise as US Election Draws Near
The French Election and the Markets
Sentiment Turns Positive for Emerging Markets
Growth Fuels Currency Moves
Introduction to SPDR Portfolio Consulting
Odds of Larger ECB Cuts Increase
UK Headline Inflation Accelerates
What Tariffs Mean for the Economy and Markets
Sustainable Investing: 5 Key Questions Asset Owners Ask
Is Exorbitant Government Spending the Key to Stock Market Prosperity?
Navigating Sustainable Investing Regulation as a Driver of Opportunity and Risk
GCC Fixed Income: An Alternative Diversifier to Core Allocations
US Election 2024: The Final Countdown
UK Budget: 7 Takeaways for UK Pension Schemes
Recalibration Day
Putting the Power of AI to Work in Investing
Can Japanese Equities Recover to New Highs?
India Elections: Mind the Policy Gap
Making Sense of the Current US Treasury Market
2023 Global Retirement Reality Report: Ireland Snapshot
Is the US Facing a Grand Era of De-Regulation?
Implementation Alpha: Adding Value in Indexed Fixed Income
ECB Cuts Rate and Signals More Easing
Software: Still Eating the World Just Taking a Pause to Digest
2022 Global Retirement Reality Report: UK Snapshot
Lending Returns Decline Along With Volatility
Finding the Right Path: Implementation Guide
Featured Insights
What is the Best Approach to Factor Investing?
Can the Bank of Japan Continue to Swim Against the Tide?
The Case for Emerging Markets Small-Cap Equity
Asset Tokenization in Capital Markets
Beyond Oil: Saudi Arabia Bonds Emerge as a Compelling Investment
Six Grey Swans That Could Move Markets in 2025
Credit Style Factors Can Provide Crucial Insights During Late-Cycle Market Resilience
10-Year Yield Climbs Against Fed Policy
Portfolio Construction Beyond 60/40
Market Forecasts: Q2 2024
Emerging Market Debt: Market Commentary Q2 2024
Achieving New Frontiers The Role of Bonds in Sustainable Investing
2023 Global Retirement Reality Report: US Snapshot
Emerging Market Debt Commentary: Q1 2024
Investment Implications of BOJ’s Great Normalization
Exploring the Full Spectrum of Fixed Income Strategies
‘Value-Up’ Governance Arrives in China
Five Reasons to Invest with the Fundamental Growth and Core Equity Team
German Election: “Alternative zur Stagnation?”
Reversal of Fortune: Tech Equities Lag the Rest
The Evolving Opportunity in Emerging Market Equities
Constructing and Implementing a SAFI Portfolio
Emerging Market Debt
PriceStats and Investor Sentiment
Investment Research Offsite 2024 Recap
Emerging Market Debt Outlook: All Roads Lead to the US
SSGA Canadian Long-Term Asset Class Forecasts
Don’t Sell the US Dollar Yet
Emerging Opportunities
History Backs Market Recovery
2024 ETF Impact Survey
The Role of Bank Regulations in Repo Market Disfunction
US Jobs Data Not Bad Enough
Trump’s Policy Threatens Inflation Balance
Gaps and Overlaps in SMID-Cap Exposure
Insurance, Climate-Related Risks and the Rising Cost of Living
September CPI Stronger Than Expected
Case Studies on Climate-Thematic Equity Investment Solutions
Inflation Expectations Rocket to Multi-Decade Highs
Real Talk on Real Rates: A Data-Driven Look at the New Rate Paradigm
Q2 2025 Credit Research Outlook
Elections Extend US Dollar Strength
Bank Deposits Versus Money Market Funds
Emerging Market Debt Commentary: February 2025
UK Money Market Reform
Uncommon Sense
Will These Grey Swans Take Flight in 2025?
Emerging Market Debt Market Commentary: April 2024
Active Defensive Equities: Capturing Growth and Managing Risk in the Disruptive AI Era
Fixed Income Midyear Outlook: Phase Transition
When Data and Headlines Don’t Quite Match Up: Where We Stand on Markets and the Economy
Black Sheep of US Macro Proves Economy Slowing
US Employment Report Triggers Rate Cuts Rethink
Bank of England Considers Rate Cut in Coming Quarters
2023 Global Retirement Reality Report: UK Snapshot
Fiscal (In)Stability
What to Know About the Dutch Pension Reform
Three Climate-Transition Stock Stories
Finding the Right Path
Liquidity in SAFI Portfolios
Equities and the Path Forward
EMD Hard Currency
The Fixed Income Side of Factor Investing: What Investors Need to Know
Plenty of Drama, But Same Story
January CPI Hotter Than Expected
2025 Credit Research Outlook
The Global Trend of Positive Stock/Bond Correlation
Inflation Signals December Rate Cut
US Elections: Global Spillover Effects
No Letup in Capital Expenditures
European Equities Continue to Find Favor
Pessimistic US Consumers May Have A Point, After All
The Case for Systematic Investing in Credit
Emerging Market Debt Enhancing a Global Bond Portfolio
Emerging Market Debt Commentary: Q4 2024
The Evergreen Case for a Strategic Allocation to High Yield
SAFI Update and Review: Strategy Generates +100-125 bps of Alpha in Its First Year
Why Aren’t Yields Following Oil’s Lead?
Systematic High Quality Corporate Fixed Income: August 2024
Australian Retirement Survey During a Time of Change
Q4 2024 Cash Outlook
Allocation to Europe Equities Increased
Odds of Fed December Cut Increase
5 Emerging Market Wildcards for 2025
US Growth and Elections Drive Currency Markets
Time Again for Outcome Investing?
Emerging Market Debt: Market Commentary Q3 2024
Rethinking the Role of Bonds in Multi-Asset Portfolios
Little to See, Much to Worry About
Back to the Futures: How Derivative Pricing Can Impact Index Funds
Yielding Power: What Militarizing Europe Means for its Bond Markets
High Yield Still in Focus
Is Sentiment Turning?
Ripples From China
Three Surprises for 2025: Overcoming One-way Investor Sentiment
Monthly Cash Review – EUR
USD Strength Hinges on Policy Stance
Our Approach to Leveraged Loan Indexing: A Q&A
Third Quarter 2019 Forecast
Decoding Market Regimes Machine Learning Insights into US Asset Performance Over The Last 30 Years
Equity Market Outlook 2025
The Misconception of Value Investing in the Eurozone
ECB Has Room to Cut More
Trump’s Trade War: What’s the Endgame?
Volatility Positioning: How to Hold on for the Ride
Real Assets Insights: Q4 2024
Capturing Leveraged Loan Beta: How Index Strategies Can Be an Effective Vehicle for Loan Market Exposure
Implementation: Going from Theory to Action
Why Investors Should Continue to Climb the Wall of Worry
US Disinflation Has Further to Run
How to Decarbonize Multi-Strategy Equity Portfolios: Practical Considerations
The Case for Defensive Equity Strategies
Building a Better Benchmark for Leveraged Loan Indexing
Sustainability Data Governance and Oversight in Asset Management: A Primer
Why Chinese Government Bonds Warrant Attention… and Caution
Casting a Wide Net: Why True Passive Strategies Are Rare Catches
The Price of Protectionism: Understanding the Economic Trade-offs of Tariffs
Rising Political Risks Drive Currency Markets
Q2 2024 Cash Outlook
US Housing Sector Soft Patch Broadens
Could ‘70s Era Stagflation Make a Comeback?
Cracks Appear in Bullish US Dollar Story
Emerging Market Equities: A Golden Era for Alpha Gen?
Long-Term Asset Class Forecasts: Q2 2024
Prospects for a Turnaround in European Equity Fortunes
Quantum Computing: Evolution or Revolution?
Real Assets and Private Market Liquidity Considerations
Q3 2024 Cash Outlook
Market Forecasts: Q3 2024
Emerging Market Debt Commentary: August 2024
When Policy Rates Are Higher Than Growth
Fixed Income Outlook 2025
US Growth Leads the Way in Economic Dominance
Global Retirement Reality Report
The Case for US Innovation and Growth
Rising Yields Signal Economic Resilience
An Enhanced Approach to Broad Emerging Markets Equity Exposure