All United States articles
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PodcastBeyond Long-Only: How 130/30 SMAs May Rejuvenate Tax-Loss Harvesting
Tax-managed equity has evolved beyond the traditional long-only playbook. By adding selective shorts and leverage, 130/30 active extension strategies aim to unlock higher alpha while maintaining market-level beta—plus potentially meaningful after-tax benefits through disciplined loss harvesting. Where can this approach fit in portfolios today?
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White papersU.S. Economy: All Noise and No Signal?
Although the government shutdown has officially ended, economic observers and market participants have had over 40 days with virtually no official economic statistics from the government. Moreover, government data will likely still be affected even after the government reopens due to interruptions in the data collection process. The shutdown itself is expected to distort the data, as a significant number of federal workers saw no paychecks, reduced spending and filed for unemployment benefits (that need to be repaid).
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White papersCorporate law showdown: the battle for incorporation supremacy in the United States
Well over half of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated in Delaware, owing to its business-friendly reputation and its Court of Chancery-a respected authority on corporate law, with well-developed and predictable case law that gives investors confidence. Beyond being the most common state of incorporation, Delaware is where shareholder rights are most frequently tested, with hundreds of fiduciary duty suits litigated annually in its Court of Chancery As a result, Delaware produces a body of precedent that sets the standard nationally concerning shareholder litigation and directly affects investors in U.S. public companies. For European institutional investors holding billions in U.S. equities, this means Delaware litigation has historically been the most reliable avenue to secure recoveries and governance reforms.
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White papersAI investment drive calls for diversification
“Worries about extreme valuations in US mega caps call for a diversified approach into areas and sectors which are supported indirectly by AI, but more reasonably priced.”
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White papersInvestor protection thirty years after the PSLRA: a creeping immunity for corporate misconduct
Since the beginning of 2025, U.S. policymakers have been systematically rolling back investors ability to challenge corporate misconduct. The SEC has purported to limit institutional investors’ ability to propose matters for a shareholder vote, to engage directly with management on issues of concern, and even to access the courts to seek relief for fraud. In the race to attract more corporations to their jurisdictions, states such as Delaware, Texas, and Nevada have dramatically limited shareholders’ rights to govern corporations organized there.
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White papersMIM Q3 2025 Investment Grade Corporate Market Review and Outlook
MetLife Investment Management’s investment grade corporate credit platform delivered strong results in Q3 2025, supported by resilient investor demand, renewed appetite for duration and the Federal Reserve’s pivot toward rate cuts. Quarterly issuance reached $397 billion — 23% above the four-year average — with September’s $214 billion total ...
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White papersFall 2025 Private Markets Outlook: In an Inflection Year, Selection Matters More
Private markets appear to be nearing an inflection point, presenting both new opportunities and risks. We believe that’s when manager selection matters most.
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White papersU.S. Core Real Estate: A New Cycle Is Emerging
Clarion believes that the U.S. commercial real estate market is embarking on a new cycle. Following a phase of re-pricing and adaptation to elevated interest rates, private real estate, as represented by the national NCREIF property index (NPI), has posted multiple consecutive quarters of stable values and positive investment performance driven by income. The cycle is underpinned by, on one hand, a potentially more favorable outlook for capital markets, as the Federal Reserve has resumed interest rate reductions. On the other hand, stabilizing and strengthening demand fundamentals, along with diminishing supply-side constraints, should further support the new cycle. Liquidity has returned to the debt markets, and investor sentiment appears to be improving, especially for the sectors that continue to demonstrate operating solidity and strength.
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White papersUS equities - Artificial intelligence: Not a bubble… yet
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the most impactful digital transformation theme since the development of the Internet.
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White papersIndustrial Real Estate: Short‑Term Uncertainty, Long‑Term Confidence
Industrial fundamentals have cooled as the sector works through excess supply built up following the pandemic and absorption softens as occupiers normalize to long-term trends and/or remain wary of macro risks. While demand indicators remain broadly positive and we are beginning to see green shoots in certain submarkets and size segments, headline rents are declining in some key markets, including Southern California. These market dynamics are raising questions among investors, especially as industrial now represents the largest portion of diversified indices (the expanded NPI’s allocation is ~33% as of 2Q 2025).
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White papersU.S. power market in a period of unprecedented growth and transformation
Following nearly two decades of stagnation, power demand is now surging, with an average annual growth rate of over 1% between 2021 and 2024, and approximately 3% growth in 2024 alone. Current long-term growth expectations range from 2% to well above 3% per year; by some measures, the U.S. is expected to add the equivalent power demand of New York over the next five years.
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White papersThe demographic supercycle: why U.S. seniors housing is poised to redefine real asset investing
The next great real estate cycle is already taking shape, and it’s being driven not by offices, logistics, or data centers, but any age. Over the coming decades, America’s 80+ population will swell at a pace unseen in modern history, colliding with a severe shortage of purpose-built senior housing and care.
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White papersPolitical and Policy Volatility on the Rise
Recent elections in the U.S. and dynamics in Europe highlight rising political volatility and the potential for divergent policy shifts. Investors should prepare for further turbulence ahead.
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White papersUS corporate earnings season nears close
For the quarter ended 30 September 2025, over 81% of companies beat earnings expectations led by the information technology, consumer staples, and financial sectors. This is well above the historical average and the second-best since the last quarter of 2021. Along with some other factors, these earnings boosted sentiment in the stocks markets which have continued their ascent this year.
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White papersGlobal real estate reset: Why diversification beyond the US matters
2025 is proving to be a year of strategic reorientation. As investors navigate a landscape shaped by geopolitical tension, policy volatility and recalibrated capital flows, real estate is reasserting its role as a defensive allocation, while adapting to broader structural changes reshaping the global economy.
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White papersMade in America is making a comeback
“Made in America” has been a government policy, a political slogan and a marketing strategy throughout US history. Going as far back as the Revolutionary War, the Homespun Movement encouraged colonists to make their own blankets and clothing in symbolic resistance to British economic control.
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White papersU.S. Real Estate: Dispersion as a Key Market Feature
The market is shifting toward one where value is led by real estate fundamentals, but it’s important to “spend time in the tails” as structural changes introduce a broader range of potential outcomes.
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White papersThree investment opportunities in a fragmented world
The world is undergoing significant structural change defined by rising geopolitical conflicts, trade barriers and a more fragmented global landscape. As this multi-year realignment plays out, identifying which companies can best adapt to the new framework is paramount to successful investing.
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White papersThe Great Global Restructuring
How AI, trade, the US debt and dollar outlook are reshaping the investment landscape.
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White papersHigh contrast in Fed Policy Signals
The contrast between the Federal Reserve’s policy-setting meeting in September and the one that ended Wednesday is striking. In the former, Chair Jerome Powell seemed to have a jump in his step as he announced the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) had lowered rates by a quarter percentage point with only one, very expected, dissent by White House economist turned Governor Stephen Miran for a half-point cut. Powell had rallied the troops to make a policy decision the traditional way—based on economic data and not political pressure.
