Perspectives

Investing Insights

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  Greener Pastures

  What the Quits Rate is telling us about the state of the U.S. labor market.

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  Investing like Magellan

  Learn why global diversification is so important and why now may be an ideal time to invest internationally.

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  Tapping Out

  U.S. consumers have spent-down their COVID savings and are now changing the way that they spend.

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  Sticky situation

  So far, home prices have defied predictions of a collapse. Why, and can it last?

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  Are our brains working against us?

  Analyzes the emotional and cognitive biases we have that lead to poor investment decisions.

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  2022 Year-In-Review

  Investment markets tend to be anticipatory in nature: They often see weakness before it arrives and strength before it returns. If so, 2022 might well be remembered as the year we paid for a substantial portion of whatever weakness awaits us in 2023.

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  Splitting the tab

  The U.S. may be headed for recession. The good news: We may have already paid part of the bill.

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  Be patient, be brave

  By properly diversifying and practicing patience and courage, investors can weather any market storm.

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  Double-barreled price pressure

  COVID-19 and its aftermath created an unusually fertile environment for inflation to thrive.

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  A war of his choosing

  Vladimir Putin’s Russia invades Ukraine. What are the potential market and economic impacts?

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  Vital Signs - A time for your annual check-up Mr. Market

  Capital markets — and the economy they represent — spent much of 2021 in reasonably good health. But will that remain true this year?

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  Soul Searching

  Empower Investments manager research teams offer some insights on evaluating sudden changes to investment teams and the firms that employ them.

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  Help (Desperately!) Wanted

  An in-depth look at the present state and future prospects for the U.S. employment market.

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  Tactical Mistakes

  GWI examines how well professional asset managers do at timing the market.