Smart insights drive stronger portfolios
We leverage proprietary research and collaborate with investment teams across New York Life Investments to offer timely answers to the questions facing investors today in key areas:
Chart of the Week: GMS Geopolitics on CNBC!
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 28, 2025
There’s plenty happening across markets – AI-driven capex, central banks edging into easing, and major indexes pressing higher. What stands out, though, is how often geopolitics is the through-line. Trade rules, defense budgets, and security-first supply chains are showing up in earnings, rates, and currency markets in ways that feel less like background noise and more like a durable market input.
Read Macro Pulse Report: Dog Days, Data Shifts
Cut, Pause, Repeat: The Impact of Sporadic Easing on the Economy and Markets
After a nine-month pause, the Fed has resumed an easing cycle. Lauren Goodwin and Sarah Hirsch explain why this will be the start of a sporadic, not sustained, easing cycle, and how that shapes the outlook for the economy and markets going forward.
Investment Themes for a Rapidly Changing World
Defense budgets are at records, trade barriers are rising, and governments are prioritizing security over efficiency. ‘Macro Mike’ LoGalbo explains what this new regime means for investors and how to approach markets with resilience, inflation awareness, and diversification in mind.
Cut, Pause, Repeat: The Impact of Sporadic Easing on the Economy and Markets
Investment Themes for a Rapidly Changing World
2025 | Trust or Bust: The Next Era of Global Debt Sustainability
The choices governments make will shape long-term capital markets assumptions around inflation, interest rates, and potential growth; and will influence asset allocation.
A global debt sustainability framework:
Private Markets
Capitalize on the shifting (and growing) global private markets landscape
Key investor questions:
- What are the key cyclical and structural changes in private markets that present generational opportunities for investors?
- How are liquidity conditions improving in private markets, and what impact does this have on investment opportunities?
- What is the growing importance of the lower middle market in private investments, and how can investors benefit from this trend?
- What are the potential benefits of allocating to private equity, private credit, real estate, and real assets?
Prospective investors should be aware that investments in private funds or alternative investment strategies are suitable only for qualified investors who do not require liquidity and who can bear the economic risk, including the potential for a complete loss, of their investment. Investors are encouraged to consult their tax or legal advisors before making such investments.
Podcast: Checking in on the U.S. Private Markets with Apogem and Bow River
About Global Market Strategy
Our team of market strategists connects macroeconomics to asset allocation. We provide actionable insight into market-driving events, structural themes, and portfolio construction to empower investment decision-making.
Lauren Goodwin, CFA
Chief Market Strategist
Julia Hermann, CFA
Global Market Strategist
Michael LoGalbo, CFA
Global Market Strategist
Sarah Hirsch
Global Market Strategist
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