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