Market Insights

Specialist content providing analysis and insights on a range of investment topics to support your investment decision-making.

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Market Insights, authored by our Global Investment Research team, include macroeconomic analysis and how it affects market performance, and multi-asset analysis, viewed through FTSE Russell��s indices and how to buy stocks in pse data.

Our Market Maps reports provide timely market analysis and commentary on what��s been happening across asset classes, regions, industries and styles. Access them from the links below.

Our webinars, research and articles help you navigate opportunities and risks across asset classes and investment themes.

Visit FTSE Russell's Research Library to explore applied research and index insights designed to help you re-think the future, learn about new ideas and opportunities, understand our indices and inform your investment and implementation decisions.

Get timely market analysis and commentary on what��s been happening across asset classes, regions, industries and styles. You��ll receive your report(s) by email as soon as they are published.

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Article

US Elections �C An Important Event for Financial Markets

US elections drive market volatility, especially pre-election. Discover how post-election returns outperform, and how markets respond to political shifts.

October 09, 2024 • Indrani De & Sayad Baronyan

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2 min

Article

Saudi Arabia��s story of change �C milestones in its long-run transformation

Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 fuels market growth. See how their non-oil economy is reshaping the FTSE 250, with a focus on finance, tourism, and diversification.

October 08, 2024 • Indrani De, Mark Barnes, & Indhu Raghavan

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10 min

Article

Australian equities �C what is a lower dividend yield telling us?

Discover what declining dividend yields in Australia's Financials and Basic Materials sectors signal for income investors and the broader equities market.

September 27, 2024 • Belle Chang, Henry Morrison & Sayad Reteos Baronyan

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18 min

Research

US Fed easing cycles and duration �C taking the long view

US Fed easing cycles have varied considerably in timing, tempo and terminal rates since 1990, reflecting the range of shocks and inflation risks impacting the US economy. In this paper we stress test different Fed rate cutting scenarios and curve steepenings, using FTSE Yield Book scenario analysis.

September 26, 2024

Research

US equity market betas �C why they matter and how they are changing

This paper reviews changes in Russell 1000 industry betas from structural and transitory effects, reminding investors that betas are dynamic and need monitoring to understand portfolio relative risks.

September 16, 2024

Research

Global listed infrastructure �C structural changes in asset class create opportunities

Why structural changes in infrastructure investment make it an increasingly important asset class for investors, particularly in addressing the Emerging Markets.

September 05, 2024

Discover all webinars on our FTSE Russell channel

24 October

Global financial markets outlook

Indrani De, CFA, PRM, Head of Global Investment Research and Mark Barnes, PhD, Head of Global Investment Research, Americas.

17 October

Sustainable investment: Strategy outcomes for equities and fixed income

Lee Clements, Head of Applied SI, Global Investment Research, FTSE Russell & Henry Morrison-Jones, CFA, Manager, Global Investment Research

15 October

Global and regional fixed income insights: Quarterly deep dive

Robin Marshall, M.A., MPhil, Director, Global Investment Research and Sandrine Soubeyran, Director, Global Investment Research.

26 September

APAC financial markets spotlight

Indrani De, CFA, PRM; Belle Chang, CFA & Zhaoyi Yang, CFA, FRM, FTSE Russell Global Investment Research.

23 October

Equity factor insights: Your quarterly deep dive

Mark Barnes PhD, Head of Global Investment Research, Americas and Sandrine Soubeyran, Director, Global Investment Research.

15 October

Russell US quarterly spotlight

Mark Barnes, PhD, Head of Global Investment Research, Americas, Catherine Yoshimoto, Director, Product Management, Benchmark Product Development and Kristy Akullian, CFA Director iShares Investment Strategy, Americas, BlackRock.

Our Global Investment Research experts are highly experienced, and highly regarded within institutional and wealth management.

The team prides itself on delivering specialist content that provides analysis and insights on a range of investment topics, across asset classes along with multi-asset and cross-asset perspectives, to support our clients decision-making.