Our global markets watchlist tracks nine prominent indexes from economies around the world. The list includes the S&P 500 from the United States, TSX from Canada, the FTSE 100 from England, the DAXK from Germany, the CAC 40 from France, the Nikkei 225...
Active ETF strategies registered a record $65 billion of inflows in January 2026. That accounted for nearly 40% of the month’s total ETF flows as investors shifted toward manager-driven approaches, according to State Street Investment Management.
The surge reflects growing adoption in the active...
The ETF industry has carried its record-breaking momentum from 2025 into the new year, surpassing $100 billion in net flows before the end of January. By the end of the month, flows into U.S. ETFs totaled $165 billion — the most ever for...
The recent World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos 2026 made one thing clear: The AI conversation has shifted from “will this work?” to “how fast, who gets displaced, and what do we do in a world of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)?” Meanwhile,...
SUMMARY
The ‘Trump Doctrine’ represents a new world order of diminished multilateralism in foreign relations.
This is unlikely to harm US stocks in the near-term, due to economic resilience…. but may lead to greater long-term uncertainty.
Geopolitical crises rarely lead to lower US stock prices over...