Markets in Motion: Shifts Transforming Economies and Markets
In this episode, Jon Hubbard and Kim Hyland, joined by Kevin Dwan, explore global economic shifts impacting asset allocation. What can history teach us about regime shifts? Listen as the team discusses labor dynamics, trade impacts, and transformative themes shaping markets and capital expectations.
History teaches us that governments struggle to rein in liquidity once it’s been unleashed. We’re entering a new paradigm in which tangible fixed investment is replacing financial engineering. In this new environment, the disruption of profit pools may advantage active managers.
The Wisdom of Earnings: Why EAFE’s Past Holds Lessons for its Future
26 August 2025
In the latest Strategist's Corner, Rob Almeida examines the role of earnings as the primary driver of market performance, contrasting the MSCI EAFE Index's outperformance during 2000-2008 with its lag over the past 15 years due to weaker earnings. Highlights include how economic shifts, including higher spending, input costs, and investment demands, may set the stage for future EAFE outperformance and underscores the importance of focusing on earnings fundamentals amidst changing global conditions to identify market opportunities.
The Federal Reserve has announced the end of quantitative tightening. This policy shift is expected to send a bullish signal for both fixed income and equities.
We Mean Business Cycle – The Implications for Asset and Sector Allocation
30 October 2025
By combining macroeconomic indicators and forward-looking data, we highlight a probabilistic business cycle model designed to evaluate economic phases and their implications for asset and sector allocation.
MFS Long-Term Capital Market Expectations - European Edition
25 July 2025
Europe regional edition of our Long-Term Capital Market Expectations. These proprietary expectations look at return and risk across asset classes and regions in Euros terms.
MFS Long Term Capital Market Expectations: July 2025
18 July 2025
The July 2025 edition of MFS' Long-Term Capital Market Expectations includes proprietary expectations that look at return and risk across a variety of asset classes and regions. This version details our view of current economic and capital market conditions.
History teaches us that governments struggle to rein in liquidity once it’s been unleashed. We’re entering a new paradigm in which tangible fixed investment is replacing financial engineering. In this new environment, the disruption of profit pools may advantage active managers.
The Wisdom of Earnings: Why EAFE’s Past Holds Lessons for its Future
26 August 2025
In the latest Strategist's Corner, Rob Almeida examines the role of earnings as the primary driver of market performance, contrasting the MSCI EAFE Index's outperformance during 2000-2008 with its lag over the past 15 years due to weaker earnings. Highlights include how economic shifts, including higher spending, input costs, and investment demands, may set the stage for future EAFE outperformance and underscores the importance of focusing on earnings fundamentals amidst changing global conditions to identify market opportunities.
The Federal Reserve has announced the end of quantitative tightening. This policy shift is expected to send a bullish signal for both fixed income and equities.
We Mean Business Cycle – The Implications for Asset and Sector Allocation
30 October 2025
By combining macroeconomic indicators and forward-looking data, we highlight a probabilistic business cycle model designed to evaluate economic phases and their implications for asset and sector allocation.
MFS Long-Term Capital Market Expectations - European Edition
25 July 2025
Europe regional edition of our Long-Term Capital Market Expectations. These proprietary expectations look at return and risk across asset classes and regions in Euros terms.
MFS Long Term Capital Market Expectations: July 2025
18 July 2025
The July 2025 edition of MFS' Long-Term Capital Market Expectations includes proprietary expectations that look at return and risk across a variety of asset classes and regions. This version details our view of current economic and capital market conditions.