The back half of 2026 may hinge on six themes: AI spending, uneven growth, labor supply, sticky inflation, uneasy central banks, and volatile bond markets.
Investment management, like the NBA, has evolved. Investors now embrace new strategies for better results, just as basketball shifted towards analytics.
Geopolitical tensions are rising as markets expected disinflation and easing. Fixed income investors watch energy, inflation expectations, and risk pricing.