All Large cap articles
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White papersEuropean equities: an underappreciated source of global investment opportunity
European equities are often viewed through a narrow macro lens, driven primarily by euro-area growth expectations. However, this perspective understates their true potential. Today’s European equity market represents a diversified, innovation-driven and globally connected opportunity set, offering investors access to high-quality companies with competitive advantages, attractive valuations and long-term structural growth drivers.
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White papersAgentic AI Is Rebuilding the Information Racetrack
As the AI story moves from training large language models to delivering myriad “agentic” applications, we believe investors have an opportunity to capitalize on this crucial shift.
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White papersCIO Weekly: Interest Rates Come Back Into Focus
With all the focus on geopolitics, interest rates remain an important foundation for markets, and last week’s move higher in long-end yields provided a stark reminder of that.
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White papersFundamentals First: The Case for Broadening Out
We believe an improving corporate fundamentals picture across the entire market-cap spectrum can support the broadening out trade; the median stock in the Russell 3000 Index has now posted eight consecutive quarters of improving EPS growth, climbing from a sub -10% trough in 4Q’23 to over +20% in 1Q’26.
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White papersCIO Weekly: Is the Semis Surge Sustainable?
Semiconductors are leading one of the most explosive equity rallies in years. Fundamentals are keeping pace, giving strength to the rally’s durability.
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White papersCan Value Stocks Offer Resilience to AI Disruption?
Value companies tend to either benefit or buffer as AI uncertainties play out.
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PodcastAI: Transforming quantitative portfolio management
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are contributing increasingly to the process of identifying stock investment opportunities and managing portfolio risk, particularly when it comes to quantitative equity strategies that use mathematical models, algorithms and vast datasets to identify and capture the best ideas.
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White papersCIO Weekly: The Mag 7 Pulls Apart
The “Magnificent 7” moniker has had a good run. But the basket is beginning to break at the same time more granular AI-related equity stories are gathering momentum.
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White papersLarge Caps—Big Opportunity
Valuations in U.S. large cap stocks have fallen meaningfully, creating attractive, cross-sector opportunities. De-escalation in the Middle East conflict only supports this.
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PodcastHealthcare equities: Healthier prospects in 2026
Healthcare equities – especially in the US, by far the largest market – look set for a strong recovery in 2026. US Equities team Senior Portfolio Manager Jon Stephenson tells Investment Insights Centre Co-head Andy Craig that numerous factors should create a much more investable environment.
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White papersMacro Outlook Q2: Five themes for 2026
From private markets and municipal bonds to the next wave of AI opportunities, 2026 is shaping up to be a year where thoughtful positioning matters more than ever. Nuveen’s five themes for the year ahead cut through the headlines to spotlight where we see compelling value - and where conventional wisdom may be leading investors astray. Read the full piece to see where we think the opportunities are and how to position for what’s ahead.
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White papersMacro Outlook Q2: Best ideas across asset classes
From equities and fixed income to real estate and infrastructure, knowing where to find value in today’s market takes more than a broad view. It takes conviction. Nuveen’s investment leaders share their best ideas across asset classes, offering a grounded, practical look at where they see the most compelling opportunities right now. Explore the full section to see where we’re putting our highest conviction to work.
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White papersDefining the lower mid-market: the benefits of a more focused approaching private equity
We believe private equity’s lower mid-market is rich with opportunity, yet it remains inconsistently defined. Investors exploring the segment in search of improved returns are faced with varying interpretations of what the lower mid market encompasses.
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White papersWhy the Software Sell-off Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story
The rise of AI has sown doubt within public equity markets about the software industry’s long-term viability. What might that mean for software equity investors and credit investors and lenders?
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White papersThe Memory Crunch: Winners and Losers
Memory chip prices are expected to rise sharply through 2026, driven by AI data center demand crowding out supply of traditional memory used in PCs, smartphones, servers, vehicles, and consumer electronics. This creates margin compression, product delay, and inventory risks for downstream Investment grade issuers.
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White papersHow Value‑Up Reforms Are Reshaping Asian Equity Opportunities
Asian jurisdictions are enhancing their corporate governance and equity market frameworks.
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White papersEquities: Navigate the AI and Tariff Disruption—Don’t Fight It
There’s no escaping the market impact of AI disruption and tariff uncertainty. But it’s better to lean into these forces and invest selectively than to be paralyzed by them.
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White papersAsia and EM equities lead
Since the start of the year, Asian indexes are leading equity markets, with the MSCI Asia Pacific registering its best performance relative to the S&P 500 since 2000. This outperformance is linked to robust demand for semiconductors and AI-related components, confirming a rotation of investors’ interest from companies with a high level of AI investment to companies that control scarcity inside and outside of the IT sector: critical chips and memory, power equipment, grid infrastructure, thermal management.
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White papersThe AI boom: Bubble risk or durable cycle?
Examines whether today’s AI-driven market rally reflects sustainable productivity gains or speculative excess.
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White papersQ4 2025 Equity Market Review
It has often been said that success and happiness lie within the journey rather than at the destination. For small cap investors, 2025 was a turbulent and twisting ride whose volatile journey fortunately ended with a successful outcome. After the 2024 Presidential election, equity markets rallied as many investors assumed the new administration’s focus on lower regulation and taxes would be beneficial to growth. Underlying economic activity was supportive of this conclusion, driven by consistent employment growth, better inflation trends and increased consumer activity.
