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