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Scope 3 emissions in investment decision-making: An analysis
2023 Global Retirement Reality Report: US Snapshot
BoJ Rate Now at 17-Year High
Rethinking the Role of Bonds in Multi-Asset Portfolios
Diversify Differently to Build Resilience
Tariff Tantrum, What Tantrum? How ETFs Performed During Liberation Day Turmoil
Why invest in bond ETFs
US tariffs: Sector risks and legal challenges ahead?
The Morning Chat
Inside the mind of the retail investor
Sectors and Investment Themes to Watch in 2020
Don’t Overpay to Be Defensive
ETF lending fuels surge in securities lending revenue
Can the Bank of Japan Continue to Swim Against the Tide?
Advancing Our Proprietary Asset Allocation Research
Two-Sided Risks to US Soft Landing
Beyond Oil: Saudi Arabia Bonds Emerge as a Compelling Investment
January CPI Hotter Than Expected
Collective Investment Trusts: Lower Costs and Greater Flexibility
Tactical asset allocation: Our team and process
Hawkish Fed supports USD
Actively Manage Income and Alpha
Emerging Market Debt Commentary: August 2025
Equities remain our top preference
Small Caps: More Than Just a Factor Premium
2025 Global Retirement Reality Report: UK Snapshot
2025 ETF trends: What’s next for ETFs?
2018
Systematic Active Fixed Income: A Modern Approach to Fixed Income Investing
Emerging Market Debt Commentary: February 2025
Talk of the Trade: ETF Momentum and Macro Shifts
How Sentiment Can Help Investors Choose Better Stocks
No real joy in the UK Budget
Expectations of Near-Term Multiple Rate Cuts Are Premature, Data Suggests
Why Look Beyond On-Screen Liquidity
Finding the fairway: 9 reasons mid caps belong in every investor’s bag
The value of dividend growth strategies to portfolios today and beyond
The Morning Chat: Tariffs
Prioritizing Longevity Risk in A Glidepath: Our Growth Target Date Philosophy
Brace for a volatile summer
More gleam for gold in the Global Market Portfolio
What Drove Momentum’s Strong 2024 — and What It Could Mean for 2025
How macroeconomic variables impact sector performance
From income to outcomes: The evolution and future of fixed income
2022 Global Retirement Reality Report: UK Snapshot
Reducing underweight in US Agg
2022 Global Retirement Reality Report: Ireland Snapshot
Diversification proves critical in 2025
Private Assets in Target Date Funds: Aligning Retirement Outcomes with Plan Sponsor Confidence
Be Ready for Any Market with Liquid ETFs
US inflation data supports Fed rate cut outlook
Target Date Evolution and Innovation: A CIO Conversation with Dan Farley and Dave Ireland
Q1 2025 Cash Outlook
Sector Opportunities for Q1 2025
Improving fixed income portfolio resilience with leveraged loans
Temporary Rise in US Inflation Ahead
Making Sense of the Current US Treasury Market
Systematic High Quality Corporate Fixed Income: Factors Steady the Ship in Turbulent Seas
Tax-Loss Harvesting 2025
Considerations for a long-dated US Treasury exposure
The Rise of Sukuk from Shariah Roots to Global Opportunity
Inflation Expectations Rocket to Multi-Decade Highs
May ETF Inflows Strong Despite Trading Jabs
Tariffs Market Economy
Financial Advisors: How to Unlock Growth With Generative AI
AQE Commentary: Volatility Among Historically Divergent Sectors in Now Converging
Inside the mind of the retail investor
Three Charts to Read Fast Markets
The 2024 ETF Impact Survey
NOK shows promise, CAD faces pressure
January Flows Stay Strong, But Will It Last?
Little to See, Much to Worry About
Q4 2025 Credit Research Outlook
Sharpening your value proposition
Housing Market Faces Tepid Spring
Building resilience with private CRE
How AI is reshaping emerging markets equities
Charitable Asset Management
Credit Research Outlook 2020
2025 Global Retirement Reality Report: Ireland Snapshot
Market Forecasts: Q2 2025
What industry ETFs add to your sector and industry strategy
Market Forecasts: Q1 2025
Q2 2025 Cash Outlook
Why Chinese Government Bonds Warrant Attention… and Caution
Why the global macro data crisis is everyone’s problem
Q3 2025 Credit Research Outlook
Optimizing your emerging markets equity portfolio
CAD, NOK poised to outperform
Third Quarter 2019 Forecast
Using empathy and technology to improve the client experience: A Q&A with Jaime Quiros
Ride US Economic Tailwinds
Pursue bond upside with active short duration and credit
Broadening Out From Trump 2.0
Small caps poised for a comeback
The ‘Labor’-ed Story to Redefine ‘Fiduciary’
Where We See Opportunity In Emerging-Market It Stocks
What the US government shutdown means for markets and the economy
What Sets Our ETF Model Portfolios Apart
Core portfolio construction principles
Taking the Long View on Bonds
A Federal Plan to Close the Coverage Gap: Myths vs. Reality
Global Growth Dips Amid Uncertainty
The fixed income ETF surge: What’s fueling the momentum?
A strategic foundation: twenty years of real assets
Four investment takeaways from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Serving up retirement security
US small-caps in focus
Are rate cuts off the table in Australia?
5 Strategic reasons institutional investors are turning to ETFs
The Case For Enhanced Active Strategies
Manage emotions and client expectations in volatile markets
Could Gold ETF Inflows Spur Record Gold Prices in 2025?
Policy Preview: Are CITs on the Horizon for 403(b) Plans?
What Portfolio Analysis of 2024 Reveals About Investor Behavior
Defined Contribution Insights
Demystifying the CIT for Plan Participants
Tariffs Put Global Economy at Risk of Recession
Survey: Private market assets in retirement plans
AI comes for marketing
Competing on Customer Experience With Behavioral Science
Bond ETFs vs Bond Mutual Funds: Save With ETFs
Optimizing trade execution for ETFs of all levels of liquidity
Sector opportunities for Q4 2025
India in 2025: A tale of contrasting risk perception?
Emerging Market Equities: Climbing the Wall of Worry
Earnings strength defies uncertainty
US inflation returns to historical sweet spot
2026 ETF Market Outlook: Uncomfortably Bullish
Defined Contribution Plan Sponsor Insights
SECURE 2.0 Has Passed…Now What?
Recalibration Day
We Maintain No-Recession Call Despite GDP Data
Today’s Risks, Tomorrow’s Opportunities
Don’t Forget About the Interest Rate Hedge Ratio
Gold’s resilience flags hidden market risks
Strategies for Financial Advisor Succession Planning
Versatility Unbound: Using ETFs as Risk Management Tools
How Can Advisors Steer Clients in a SECURE Act Era?
What does the divergence in US soft and hard data mean?
US inflation mixed, labor data worsens
Simplify Bond Laddering With Active Target Maturity ETFs
The future of crypto: Why smart investors are backing the ecosystem
Comparing gold to other alternative investments
How the Fed could drive up valuations and raise caution flags
Gold 2025 Midyear Outlook: A High(er) for Long(er) Gold Price Regime
What is the Global Market Portfolio?
IncomeWise℠ Participant Experience
Gold as a Strategic Asset Class
Emerging Market Debt Commentary: October 2025
How to add the SPDR® Bridgewater® All Weather® ETF to your portfolio to enhance resilience
Waiting for Value: Time to Reassess ‘Cheap’ Equities?
US labor market softens, Fed rate cut likely in December
Forward-Looking Climate Metrics in Corporate Bond Portfolios
The Power of Storytelling for Financial Advisors
Fed rate cut sparks mixed market moves
Why It’s Time for China Equity to Go Solo
Get ahead of the Fed: Financials may get a boost from rate cuts
Financial Wellness Doesn’t Have to Be So Hard
Rethink the plus in core-plus with investment-grade private credit
Stewardship Report 2024
Tokenization of assets: How it’s reshaping finance and markets
German Election: “Alternative zur Stagnation?”
The Markets
Emerging Markets Debt Commentary: Q4 2024
Eurozone sovereigns: Selective immunity from the post-pandemic fiscal strain
Inflation Signals December Rate Cut
Leaving Money On the Table: Does Your 401(k) Structure Maximize Tax Benefits?
ETF Impact Report 2025-2026
Seek Stability in Rate and Credit Markets
The Global Trend of Positive Stock/Bond Correlation
Making Sense of the Market’s April Nonsense
Can Australia Survive A Trade War?
Why SPDR® Galaxy Digital Asset ETFs?
GCC countries and India: A new era of economic collaboration
Is it time to rethink the 60/40 portfolio?
Q2 2025 Credit Research Outlook
Consistency as a compass in emerging market equities
Next Fed Cut Could Be in July, Not June
Battle of the Ages: What Young vs. Old Could Mean for Investors
The Importance of Participant Outreach During Hard Times
2019
Sentiment Improves for Fixed Income
Reduce Allocation to European Equities
Global Shariah equities: Quality investment for the future
Why bitcoin institutional demand is on the rise
What Makes the Bloomberg Enhanced Roll Yield Index (BERY) Different?
Creating a path to retirement income for plan participants and sponsors
Is Exorbitant Government Spending the Key to Stock Market Prosperity?
Deconstructing equity returns: Insights for a new rate cycle
Can Capitalism Thrive Without Failure?
The New Retirement Straits
Uncommon Sense
Steady Global Growth Masks Considerable Risks
Indexed Fixed Income: Delivering Precise and Reliable Outcomes
Geopolitical tensions remain elevated
Trump’s Trade War: What’s the Endgame?
ALLW Brings Bridgewater’s All Weather Wisdom to ETF Investors
Looking for a Signal in the Noise
Why High Valuations May Not Matter and Where to Look for Opportunities in 2025
5 Risks Could Derail the Market’s Hot Start
Strategic Asset Allocation with Alternative Investments: An Integrated Approach
DeepSeek’s Game-Changing Implications for the AI Play
A macro Odyssey: August ETF flows show unwavering investor focus
Prospects for a Turnaround in European Equity Fortunes
The evolving GCC IPO market: Trends and investor implications
Equities favored as outlook brightens
US Employment Report Triggers Rate Cuts Rethink
A Conversation On State-Based Retirement Programs
How Fixed Income Can (Still) Provide an Anchor to Windward
Long-Term Asset Class Forecasts: Q2 2025
Liquid ETFs: Key when market volatility strikes
Three Impacts of Proposed Tax Policy Changes for Endowments
Global Market Portfolio 2025
Congressional Action Needed for 403(b) Plan Investment Options Improvement
Allocation to Europe Equities Increased
Private Markets in DC: What’s Public Policy Got to Do With It?
Prefer longer-duration bonds
Making Public Policy Work For You
Why are Public Pension Funds re-thinking allocations?
Position Toward Quality Stocks and Policy Tailwinds
How Can I Educate Clients About Digital Assets?
When Data and Headlines Don’t Quite Match Up: Where We Stand on Markets and the Economy
ECB Cuts Rate and Signals More Easing
2023 Global Retirement Reality Report: Ireland Snapshot
Why every institutional investor should use a TAA implementation
Hawkish Words, Dovish Moves
Will the Fed put the soft landing in jeopardy at Jackson Hole?
Why Investors Should Continue to Climb the Wall of Worry
Australia Snapshot 2020
2025 Credit Research Outlook
SSGA Long Term Asset Class Forecasts: June 30, 2019
How Economic Factors Impact Asset Performance
An Open Letter of Support: Automatic IRA Act of 2024
Investing in real assets with ETFs
2025: Innovating Retirement Strategies
US exceptionalism: Fading force or enduring edge?
Internal Succession Planning: 5 Key Steps
Our Annual Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Report is Here
Navigate Market Volatility
Tariff Risk Looms Large
Danielle breaks it down: Private markets exposures in TDFs
Why the AI CapEx cycle may have more staying power than you think
Diversify Portfolios With Alternatives
Appetite for Risk Wanes
The Price of Protectionism: Understanding the Economic Trade-offs of Tariffs
Forward with focus
US inflation supports September rate cut
Don’t Sell the US Dollar Yet
Decoding Market Regimes Machine Learning Insights into US Asset Performance Over The Last 30 Years
Market Trends
Sentiment and ETF inflows shine, market breadth dim
Big Beautiful Bill brings tax clarity
How the “Big, Beautiful Bill” Could Reshape Endowment Strategy
Convertible Securities: What They Are and How They Work
State Street Global Advisors Rebrands as State Street Investment Management
The income squeeze: How market concentration is reshaping equity returns
Emerging Market Debt Commentary: April 2025
Elections Extend US Dollar Strength
Volatility Guardrails for Uncertain Times
Fed dissent signals policy shift ahead
FX Forward: Currency Market Outlook: Q4 2018
Monthly Cash Review: December 2025 (USD)
US Equities Win Best in Show
Build an active bond ladder with State Street® MyIncome ETFs
China’s 2020 National People’s Congress: The Big Policy Pivot
Raising the wealth management bar for Gen X women
A Case for Investing in Innovation
Q2 2025 SAFI commentary
Volatility Positioning: How to Hold on for the Ride
Why We’re Going Positive on Semiconductor Manufacturers in Emerging Markets
US Mid Caps: The Goldilocks Equity Exposure in a Trump World
How to Analyze Total Cost of Ownership
PCE inflation steady but elevated
GCC reforms spark resilient market growth
Sector Opportunities for Q2 2025
Data Keeps Alive Chance of March Fed Cut
Securities Lending in US DC Funds
Hedging China bond exposures: strategic considerations
Long-Term US Dollar Risks Persist
US macro data stronger than expected
Constructive outlook on commodities
SPDR Chart Pack
Bond market shifts signal waning US advantage
State Street Global Advisors – Defined Contribution Insights
The Unbearable Burden of Waiting and Seeing
Trump 2.0: Implications for Taiwan, South Korea, and China’s Tech Sectors
The All Weather Portfolio: Built for Any Forecast
US Snapshot 2020
Gaps and overlaps in SMID-Cap Exposure
2025 investing recap: Market stories to spice up your holiday small talk
US retail sales and confidence weaken
Comparing SPY and SPYM: Two State Street SPDR ETFs for S&P 500® exposure
Mega-caps reshape market dynamics
US government layoffs raise labor market risks
What’s driving S&P 500 valuations now?
Why Gold May Shine in a Trade War Regime
Market Sentiment Is Shifting to Favor Low-Risk Stocks
Market Forecasts: Q4 2025
Could ‘70s Era Stagflation Make a Comeback?
A stronger emerging markets rally will need a new era of reforms
Will These Grey Swans Take Flight in 2025?
Takaichi’s policies fuel Japan’s market rally
Addressing questions about Private Markets in Defined Contribution plans
Growing Tariff Anxiety Overshadows Payrolls Data
Finding opportunities with actively managed fixed income ETFs
Due Diligence: 8 Factors to Consider When Selecting an ETF Model Portfolio
4 Things To Remember When Investing in Volatile Markets
3 Global High Yield Myths That Just Don’t Hold Up
US rate cut likely despite growing doubts
Translating Retirement Savings Into Retirement Income: Change Is Here
Fed cuts rates again, December move uncertain
US government shutdown update: Risks emerge
ETF Flows Power Through Predictable Unpredictability
GENIUS Act explained: What it means for crypto and digital assets
High uncertainty doesn’t mean indefinite Fed inaction
Real assets insights: Q3 2025
How to Invest in AI
Tech turns defensive as labor weakens
Tariffs Test S&P 500 Margins
What’s New in Multi-Asset Investing? A Q&A with Alexander Rudin, Ph.D.
Are Foreign Investors Really “Dumping” US Treasury Bonds?
Strategic versus tactical asset allocation: What to know
Ways to Invest in Gold
Model portfolios and the evolution of advice
What’s on the horizon for digital assets?
UK Headline Inflation Accelerates
From defensive to dynamic: Utilities enter a new era of growth
Opportunities and Risks Related to Emerging Technologies
Strong flows and saving par
Gender Diversity Votes: More Than Meets the Eye
Long-Term Asset Class Forecasts: Q4 2025
Elections
No Letup in Capital Expenditures
Trade Concerns Create Opportunities in European Equities
Unlocking the securities lending potential of SPY
Why invest in actively managed ETFs
Fed rate cuts spark US housing revival
Long Term Asset Class Forecast – Q1 2020
From Rare Soft Landing to Common Bull Market
Digital assets: The next frontier for markets and investors
Master the Mechanics of ETF Trading
Long-Term Asset Class Forecasts: Q1 2025
Emerging Market Debt Market Commentary: Q2 2025
US labor market signals persistent softness
Fixed Income Outlook 2026
Emerging market debt outlook: The return of ‘Goldilocks’
Waiting for the small-cap resurgence
Q4 bond market outlook for ETF investors
The Morning Chat: Securities Lending
Four Reasons to Implement a Sector Strategy
2023 Global Retirement Reality Report: UK Snapshot
Why consider investing in the S&P 500® index
Are market and flow trends made of steel?
The Misconception of Value Investing in the Eurozone
India’s trade faces tariff shock
2025 ETFs in Focus Study
Investing in digital assets: Educational resources for investors
Deregulation sparks financial sector momentum
Euro, yen gain as dollar weakens
Target AI and policy-led growth from US to emerging markets
Investors Go Full Tilt and Risk On
Weekly Economic Perspectives: January 31 2020
What to know if your pension plan has to divest from China
US payrolls data feels like fake resilience
An ETF Due Diligence Checklist
Three Surprises for 2025: Overcoming One-way Investor Sentiment
Welcome to the Machine: Our Retirement Income Methodology
Preferred Securities: What They Are and How They Work
Implementing Collective Investment Trusts (CITs): An Onboarding Overview
How to invest in crypto without buying crypto
How Can Sectors Hedge Current Market Risks?
SAFI Update and Review: Strategy Generates +100-125 bps of Alpha in Its First Year
The Retirement Prism: Seeing Now and Later
Making State-Based Retirement Plans Work for Private Employers
Odds of Fed December Cut Increase
When Wall Street and Main Street Diverge
Segment your client base for efficiency and growth
2023 Target Retirement Annual Review
How is the GCC positioned for the global AI race?
60/40 strategy regains strength
Emerging Market Debt Commentary: November 2024
Commodities Now an Overweight
Long-Term Asset Class Forecasts: Q3 2025
Sector opportunities for Q3 2025
Weak US jobs data likely seals September rate cut
Asset Tokenization in Capital Markets
Strengthening Your Insight Muscle: Tips for Advisors
Stretch run for ETF flows and the market
Featured Insights
Global Cash Market Update
A New Administration's Impact On Retirement Policy
Evolution of Trading in Emerging Markets
Lenovo Leads with a Commitment to Participants’ Needs
So… What’s an Annuity?
2022 Target Retirement Annual Review
Overweight in European Equities
Rule Change Levels Playing Field for Massachusetts Insurers Using Fixed Income ETFs
2024 Target Retirement Annual Review
UK Snapshot 2020
How a Private Market Allocation Can Help Hedge Against Inflationary Risks
Policy Action Overshadows February Jobs Report
Six Grey Swans That Could Move Markets in 2025
The whole truth behind the Fed’s rate cuts
Bond yield metrics: How they work
Unlocking opportunity in the leveraged loan market
What Tariffs Mean for the Economy and Markets
A new agenda for sustainable investing research: A Q&A
Is It Too Late to Hedge With Gold?
Should you be worried about Fed independence?
Fed on hold, but for how long?
2024 US Retirement Reality Report: US Snapshot
A Better Macro Policy Framework for Europe
Canada Snapshot
2025 Global Retirement Reality Report: US Snapshot
Trade Tensions Pressurize Markets and Sentiment
The Gulf Under Trump 2.0: Winner or Loser?
Gold 2026 Outlook: Can the structural bull cycle continue to $5,000?
SPY liquidity: Flexibility to navigate any market
Why It’s Time for China Equity to Go Solo
Why It’s Critical to Look at Growth Through a Value Lens
US Tariffs Break the USD Bull Case
How Should I Add Thematic Investments to Portfolios?
Why ETF growth is booming
Technology and the Future of Advisory Work
ETFs on the Rise: The Investment Choice Revolutionizing Portfolios
Emerging Market Debt Commentary: July 2025
2025 Global Retirement Reality Report: Canada Snapshot
An Advanced Perspective on Securities Lending
Australia’s Least Followed But Most Important Election
Mixed Signals, Murky Outlook
How Can I Integrate Alternatives Into My Clients’ Portfolios?
How Advisors Can Become Values-based Leaders
US Sovereign Wealth Fund A Behemoth in the Making?
Long-Term Asset Class Forecasts for US Investors: Q3 2025
The Stars are Aligning for Guaranteed Income in Retirement Plans
Bank Deposits Versus Money Market Funds
More Storms Brewing: Are Tariffs on Europe Next?
Simplify Bond Laddering With Active Target Maturity ETFs
Equity Market Outlook 2026
3 Things Investors Should Know but Likely Don’t
‘Value-Up’ Governance Arrives in China
Straight Talk on the Future of Investing
5 Emerging Market Wildcards for 2025
Understanding Trump accounts: Key aspects and challenges
Momentum Sails On, For Now
Sustaining momentum, strengthening resilience
Cracks Appear in Bullish US Dollar Story
Fixed Income 2025: Return of the Sovereigns
SSGA Canadian Long-Term Asset Class Forecasts
Debunking myths about ETF liquidity
How to buy into the S&P 500
Active Quantitative Equity Quarterly
A New Leadership Era: Institutional Meets Individual
Global Retirement Reality Report
Finishing Strong and Preparing for the Year Ahead
A Letter From Our CIO: Fixed Income Update
Understanding Money Market Funds
How RIAs Are Meeting the Moment: Spotlight on Andrew Cialek of Principle Wealth Partners
Tariffs, Transshipping, and the Trouble with Vietnam
Records Amid Confusion and Delay
The changing makeup of the Global Market Portfolio
2022 Global Retirement Reality Report: US Snapshot
Weekly Economic Perspectives: So Far So Good For US Labor Market, But Clouds Ahead
How can I get cost-effective exposure to the nuclear theme?
Systematic High Quality Corporate Fixed Income: Q3 2025 Commentary
Gold 2025 Outlook: More Room to Run
How the Alpha Meeting Informs Our Model Portfolios
2025 Global Retirement Reality Report: Australia Snapshot
Policy tightness threatens soft landing
Powell hints at rate cuts at Jackson Hole
US Housing Activity Shifts
Bond Sell-Off: Implications for the US and UK Markets
Credit spreads signal confidence and risk
Return expectations from the Global Market Portfolio
Private Markets in Target Date Funds – Why Now?
What if investors get bored of AI?
One Question Series: How Can Fixed Income Help Manage Uncertainty?
Stewardship Activity Report: Q4 2024
How index strategies can be an effective vehicle for loan market exposure
Silver is no substitute for gold
Global High Yield Update: Q3 2025
Gold Chart Pack
From Bullion to Bitcoin: Study Shows Gold and Crypto Belong Together
Macroeconomic Outlook 2026
July rate cut unlikely
Time to Re-Evaluate Health Care Stocks
How JGBs outshine G4 peers on term spreads
Alternatives Outlook 2026
Three Trends in Public and Taft-Hartley Plans
One Question Series: How Are Clients Approaching Divestment from China?
How Independent Fiduciary Services Evolved and What It Means Today
Separating Fact from Fear in Japanese Investing
Building a purposeful investment philosophy
Japanese Super-long Bond Weakness: Why We’re Not Sounding the Alarm Bells Just Yet
How SPY Reinvented Investing: The Story of the First US ETF
Revisiting Camelot: Bringing the Best of DB to DC
How A Taft-Hartley Plan Revived Retirement Readiness
Little Relief in Current Data
Target Retirement Annual Review: Fine-Tuning with a Focus on Inflation Protection
Emerging Market Debt Commentary: Q1 2025
How improv techniques can help advisors connect and innovate
Market Forecasts: Q3 2025
US equities: Euphoria, fragility, and the search for clarity
Markets hold steady amid global tensions
A feast of ETF inflows and returns
We raise our global growth forecast
Regaining Retirement Confidence in a Post-Pandemic Environment
Germany's Fiscal Shift: Market Implications and Global Ripples
The Gulf's capital transformation
What is private credit? And why investors are paying attention
US Economy Powers Ahead
FANG Stocks: Still Overvalued
Boost resilience with multi-asset and alternative strategies
“Sanaenomics”: A Truss or a Meloni moment?
Emerging Market Debt Commentary: January 2025
Translating Client Insights Into Exceptional Service
Valuation tension in resilient credit
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