High rates, high stakes

Brazil’s central bank looks set to remain hawkish. Structural reforms following next year’s elections could help unlock the country’s potential.

10 Themes - #10: Artificial Intelligence: too big for a one-pager

Surging investment, rapid innovation, and rising volatility – why AI is reshaping winners and losers, and how active selection may be key in what we think could be a boom, not a bubble.

Frank Kelly’s Geopolitical Week Ahead | December 14, 2025

By: Francis (Frank) J. Kelly

Europe steps up efforts for a Ukraine peace deal, Russian President Putin holds his annual call-in show, Chile holds its presidential election runoff, and EU and major central banks meet on interest rates

AI – the power of large numbers

We believe that artificial intelligence will continue to drive the markets in 2026 – both positively and negatively. Its possibilities remain exciting. But investors will become more selective.

The worrying 'K' on the U.S. stock market

The operating profits of the S&P 500 and overall economic profits are decoupling

Critical technologies and Germany’s next industrial revolution

By: Michael Lewis, Ian Bigelow

U.S. unemployment steady, nerves frayed

A widening gap between official data and worker sentiment points to the power of technological anxiety.

Americas CIO View

A.I. is growing quickly and is very hungry: S&P firms provide the essentials 

APAC CIO View

By: Ivy-sw Ng, Tommy Law

ASEAN Developing Countries: Resilient Growth thus far

Rational Exuberance

2026 may be a good year for risky assets

Tequila sunrise

10 Themes - #9: Diversification today

Planning scenarios, managing risks and seizing opportunities

Mr. Market…Is That Really You?

By: Robert Bush

"One must change one’s tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one’s superiority" - Napolean Bonaparte

China’s 5-Year Plan: Innovation Overdrive?

The Communist Party’s latest 5-year blueprint puts technology and productivity in the spotlight.

3rd Quarter 2025 Market Update: Views on Germany

By: Hansjoerg Pack