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Quarterly Earnings: Signal vs. Noise, Cost vs. Benefit

As policymakers weigh semiannual earnings, data suggest quarterly reports still give investors vital insight.

When the Fed Cuts: Lessons from Past Cycles for Investors

History of Fed easing cycles shows how cuts, hikes, and yield curves shape markets and style factors, offering late-cycle lessons for investors.

Coaching Investors Beyond Risk Profiling: Overcoming Emotional Biases

Emotional biases can distort risk profiling. Advisors who coach investors through them help build resilience and better long-term outcomes.

From Inefficiency to Alpha: Europe’s Lower Mid-Market Opportunity 

Private credit funds with ties to local European markets can look to underserved lower mid-market enterprises to generate alpha.

Book Review: Rethinking Investing: A Very Short Guide to Very Long-Term Investing

Book review: Charles Ellis’s Rethinking Investing offers timeless lessons on savings, index funds, and long-term investing success.

The Geopolitical Hedge Investors Overlook: Rare Earths

In a world where supply chains are vulnerable, rare earths are more than a commodity story. They are a portfolio strategy for managing geopolitical risk.

5 Conversations to Test Whether Your Asset Manager’s AI Adds Value

Investors can cut through the hype: 5 critical conversations reveal whether asset managers’ AI improves performance or masks old strategies.

Private Capital and Systemic Risk

Private equity’s leverage, opacity, and continuation vehicles raise systemic risks that may erode returns and complicate portfolio management.

The MENA Investment Puzzle: Why Regional Integration Still Eludes Capital Markets

Why MENA’s markets remain fragmented, and what integration could mean for investors, growth, and regional opportunity.

Rights Without Power: Why the Put Bond Failed

Why did puttable bonds vanish? This piece explores the gap between rights and power, and why markets rejected a contract without control.