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White papersMacro brief: AI in Europe Part 2 – Comparing capex and strategy
While estimates of AI spending across regions are hard to find, every available measure shows the scale of investment in Europe is an order of magnitude smaller than in the US and China.
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White papersFinal frontier: Six reasons to explore the space economy
Investor enthusiasm for space skyrocketed this spring when SpaceX launched its initial public offering (IPO) just weeks after NASA sent four astronauts to the far side of the moon.
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White papersResearch spotlight on AI
As the artificial intelligence (Al) boom reshapes many parts of the investment landscape, it features prominently in many aspects of our ongoing research. Below, we showcase some of our latest Al-related thinking.
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White papersIs your core US equity allocation ready for what’s next?
US equities often sit at the heart of most investment portfolios, but the US market today looks very different from the one that rewarded passive investors for much of the past decade. Concentration has reached historic levels, and early signs suggest leadership is beginning to broaden. That shift could have real consequences for how investors implement their core US equity exposure.
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White papersWhat higher interest rates could mean for stocks and bonds
Bonds have been anything but boring this summer. With US Treasury yields climbing amid rising national debt, elevated inflation and massive AI-related investments, some investors are asking whether recent volatility signals a looming crisis or a broader shift to a world of higher interest rates.
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White papersUS vs. China: Who’s winning the AI race?
Thomas Edison had George Westinghouse. Apollo had Sputnik. Today’s artificial intelligence race between the United States and China may be the latest example of rivalry acting as a catalyst for innovation.
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White papersFour market insights we shared with US Congress
Opportunities to speak before Congress are rare. So, when US lawmakers invited Capital Group Vice Chair Jody Jonsson to share her perspective on aligning public policy with shifting market conditions, she welcomed the chance.
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WebinarWebinar: Opportunities in global equities
As market leadership broadens beyond the US, portfolio managers Lisa Thompson and Diana Wagner discuss investment opportunities emerging across global equities.
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White papersMacro brief: AI in Europe – implications for productivity
With US hyperscalers driving the AI boom, Europe has so far been broadly absent from the excitement surrounding this technology. But the lesson from past technological revolutions is that the ultimate prize – stronger productivity growth – will depend less on where the technology is developed than on how effectively it is deployed.
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White papersEmerging markets debt in a multipolar world
Emerging markets debt is entering a new phase shaped by a more fragmented, multipolar world. Geopolitical uncertainty, higher energy prices and shifting global rate expectations have tested markets. Despite these headwinds, emerging markets debt showed greater resilience in the first half of 2026 than in past cycles, supported by stronger policy frameworks, improved fundamentals and deeper local investor bases.
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White papersFour charts that expose market concentration risk
Since ChatGPT launched in 2022, some AI-related stocks have soared to record highs despite elevated inflation, sweeping tariffs and war in the Middle East. A small group of companies now make up an outsized share of the US market, pushing concentration to levels not seen in decades.
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White papersPositioning portfolios for the next world order
The global operating system is being re-wired. Strategic rivalry is back, self-interest is back, and the institutions built to manage a more cooperative world are visibly straining. None of this is sudden. The pressures have been building since the Global Financial Crisis, but their impact on markets is becoming harder to ignore. For investors, the result is a more fragmented, policy-driven world in which outcomes are more uneven and less predictable, and in which resilience matters more than ever.
