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