High-quality upstream oil and LNG-linked equities offer disciplined exposure in a market where geopolitical risk now drives oil prices.
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Global Growth Strategy Commentary Q1 2026
Rate Reversal Rewrites Growth Playbook
Geopolitical shocks stalled global equity momentum, with value holding up much better than growth as inflation risks rose and monetary policy grew hawkish.
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Global Value Improvers Strategy Commentary Q1 2026
Global Improvers Power Energy Independence
We see energy security and independence as multi-decade, secular investment themes creating durable opportunities.
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U.S. Reversal Leads to Underperformance
Q4 2025 Global Growth Strategy Commentary
In a value-led quarter that capped a strong year for global equities, the Strategy underperformed primarily due to weakness among its U.S. holdings.
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Improvers Benefit from a Broadening Market
Q4 2025 Global Value Improvers Strategy Commentary
A broadening global rally and improving fundamentals across key holdings supported strong fourth-quarter performance for Global Value Improvers.
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Consequences of Capital Flows Can't Be Ignored
In markets, money is energy — and flow, not form, drives the cycle between fear and greed.
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Gen AI Buildouts Spur Tech Infrastructure Boom
Ambitious capital spending on generative AI projects by hyperscalers, which we view as a once-in-a-decade cycle, represents a meaningful tailwind for technology infrastructure providers supplying the picks and shovels to run large language models.
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Improvers Positioned Where Energy and Efficiency Converge
Q3 2025 Global Value Improvers Strategy Commentary
Global equities advanced on tariff clarity and easing policy uncertainty, while the Strategy maintained its focus on undervalued companies with structural growth drivers.
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Upgrading Exposures to Secular Growth Trends
Q3 2025 Global Growth Strategy Commentary
We meaningfully repositioned our weightings to banks and companies with vital roles in the buildout of generative AI workloads.
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Market Outlook
Midyear U.S. Equity Outlook: Looking Toward 2026 for Upside
While we are neutral on stocks near-term due to tariff uncertainty and valuations, multiple catalysts could drive an earnings acceleration in 2026 as current risks dissipate.
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AI Rally Buoys Global Growth Stocks
Q2 2025 Global Growth Strategy Commentary
Strategy outperformance was boosted by communication services and AI-indexed holdings and across the U.S., Europe Ex U.K. and emerging markets.
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Global Improvers At Heart of Converging Trends
Q2 2025 Global Value Improvers Strategy Commentary
A weakening U.S. dollar and a repatriation of capital from the U.S. by overseas investors bolstered strong performance in international industrials and IT sectors.