Peter Shepard presents highlights from his innovative new paper, written in partnership with GIC.

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Leading up to and including Nov. 8, Americans will vote for 35 Senate and all 435 of the voting House seats.

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What was spooking investors as the fourth quarter began?

We explore the sometimes volatile, push-pull relationship between investors and central banks as each looks to navigate extreme inflation in the U.S., the eurozone and the U.K.

Inflation, rising rates and the worst first half of the year for global equities since the 1970s. What options exist for investors positioning portfolios?

Assessing inflation higher than many have seen in their working lives requires looking beyond this single piece of the puzzle.

A stronger home bias than that of equities has given way to a global hunt for yield in fixed income — including the high yields of Chinese sovereign bonds. Head of portfolio management research, Andy Sparks, explains.

The MSCI Crowding solution helps active managers analyze their investments compared to the industry as a whole and make informed and timely decisions about potentially crowded or uncrowded trades. It covers multiple dimensions of Crowding including Factor Crowding, Security Crowding and Hedge Fund Crowding.

As U.S. inflation has surged and the stock and bond markets sold off sharply, investors are scrutinizing the Federal Reserve’s next rate-setting moves. We look at the medium term and how different scenarios could affect multi-asset-class portfolios.

The ongoing correction in equity markets has, so far, left few safe harbors for investors.