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