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The Balancing Act: AI, Inflation, and the Market’s Narrow Path

We discuss the market’s narrow path forward, where artificial intelligence, earnings resilience, and steady consumer activity continue to support growth, while firmer inflation, higher Treasury yields, fiscal concerns, and geopolitical risks create a narrower margin for error.

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Geopolitical Risk as a New Normal: Investing in a More Fragmented World

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Geopolitical risk is becoming a more persistent force shaping markets, supply chains, inflation, and corporate strategy. In this week’s Sight|Lines, we discuss why we believe investors should focus less on predicting the next event and more on building portfolios around quality, diversification, pricing power, and resilience.

AI and the Future of Work: Efficiency, Demand, and the Jevons Effect

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Better steam engines increased, rather than reduced, coal use – an example of the Jevons paradox. With artificial intelligence, the same dynamic may apply, potentially driving greater demand for analysis, coding, drafting, design, service, and research.

An Update on Private Credit

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Private credit has grown rapidly into a $1.8 trillion market. Recently, there’s been a focus on defaults and increasing redemption requests from private credit. While pockets of stress are emerging in select industries, we see no evidence of broad deterioration or systemic risk. In this Sight|Lines, we break down what’s driving the concern and what investors should be watching next.

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