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Alternative investments can enhance portfolio outcomes, but success depends on a disciplined, well-resourced approach that carefully navigates complexity, liquidity, and manager selection while taking...

In this latest Talking Markets podcast, Jeff Schulze, Head of Economic and Market Strategy at ClearBridge Investments, tells us that the US economy is holding firm, with recession risk at just 20%, a ...

Franklin Templeton Institute finds valuations across fixed income sectors becoming more attractive, with all-in yields approaching compelling levels—a signal to consider moving from a short-duration b...

In this third quarter update, Western Asset believes global fixed-income markets continue to navigate a complex backdrop as resilient growth, elevated inflation, hawkish central-bank pricing and the A...

While institutions have embraced private markets for decades, individuals have historically had limited access to these potentially valuable and versatile tools. Tony Davidow from Franklin Tempelton I...

Royce Investment Partners: Co-CIO Francis Gannon examines the myth that rate hikes are bad news for US small-cap returns—and finds that history tells a different story.

SpaceX's success has unlocked the infrastructure for a broader commercial space economy, creating a compelling investment opportunity supported by growing government and private-sector demand.

Western Asset suggests Japanese government bond yields are rising for the first time in decades, prompting domestic investors to repatriate funds and signaling a shift in global capital flows.