Economics

Behavioral Finance
July 2026

Once Bitten: Why Investors Won’t Buy Back a Stock That Burned Them

Essentia Analytics

Clare Flynn Levy

Research

7 Pages

Essentia Analytics explores why investors often refuse to repurchase stocks they previously sold at a loss, even when fundamentals improve.

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Demographics
July 2026

How Aging and Declining Populations Will Drive Product and Company Demand Tailwinds/Headwinds

Goldman Sachs

Evan Tylenda

Research

53 Pages

The authors examine how aging populations and falling fertility rates could reshape product, industry, and company demand.

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Economics
July 2026

Global Views: More Crude, Less Concern

Goldman Sachs

Jan Hatzius

Research

10 Pages

Goldman Sachs explains why easing tensions between the US and Iran have improved the economic outlook despite continued uncertainty in oil markets.

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Economics
July 2026

The Post‑COVID Decline in the Labor Share

Federal Reserve Bank

Richard Audoly

Article

6 Pages

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York examines why the U.S. labor share has fallen to a post-war low after COVID.

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AI & Labor Markets
June 2026

Predicting AI job exposure

Benedict Evans

Article

8 Pages

Benedict Evans argues that AI job exposure models may be less predictive than they look.

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Demographics
June 2026

The Path to 2075 — Is Convergence Really Over?

Goldman Sachs

Kevin Daly

Research

15 Pages

Goldman Sachs argues economic convergence is not over when countries are weighted by population rather than treated equally.

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AI & Labor Markets
June 2026

How to Guess If Your Job Will Exist in Five Years

The Atlantic

Annie Lowrey

Research

5 Pages

The Atlantic argues that AI’s labor impact depends on whether a job is more like “coal” or “horse.”

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Active Management
June 2026

The Myth of Consistency

Virtus Investment Partners

Research

3 Pages

Virtus Investment Partners argues that long term fund winners rarely look like winners in every short window.

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AI & Labor Markets
June 2026

AI’s Labor Ambitions: Separating Myth From Reality

Apollo

Robert Bittencourt

Research

5 Pages

Apollo argues AI is unlikely to cause mass unemployment, but investors should not dismiss labor disruption either.

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AI & Labor Markets
June 2026

Why AI will transform, not replace, your job

Capital Group

Chris Buchbinder

Research

7 Pages

Capital Group argues AI is more likely to reshape work than eliminate it outright.

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Economics
June 2026

Global Market Views: Shortages

Goldman Sachs

Dominic Wilson, Kamakshya Trivedi

Research

14 Pages

Goldman Sachs looks at how the Iran ceasefire and easing tail risk have helped markets rally despite lingering shortages in energy and AI infrastructure.

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Economics
May 2026

Global Views: Bending, Not Breaking

Goldman Sachs

Jan Hatzius

Research

10 Pages

Goldman Sachs argues that the 10 week Strait of Hormuz closure has hurt global growth only moderately so far.

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Global Macroeconomics
May 2026

The Long-Run Effects of Technological Disruption on Workers

Goldman Sachs

Pierfrancesco Mei, Jessica Rindels

Research

16 Pages

Goldman Sachs studies four decades of worker level data to assess how technology driven job displacement affects employment, wages, wealth, and household formation.

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AI & Labor Markets
May 2026

AI Will Reshape More Jobs Than It Replaces

BCG

Greg Emerson

Research

22 Pages

BCG examines how AI may reshape work without turning every automatable task into job loss.

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AI & Labor Markets
May 2026

P(doom), p(bling), and the fear of “technological unemployment”

BCG

Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, Paul Swartz

Research

6 Pages

BCG Center for Macroeconomics examines whether AI should be viewed through extremes of extinction, abundance, or mass job loss.

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Global Macroeconomics
May 2026

The Path to 2075: The Positive Story of Global Aging

Goldman Sachs

Jan Hatzius

Research

21 Pages

Goldman Sachs argues that global aging may be less of a demographic crisis than many assume.

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Economics
May 2026

The Economics of Intelligence

Citadel

Frank Flight

Research

18 Pages

Citadel Securities argues that AI may be less about replacing labor and more about expanding demand for compute, power, infrastructure, and skilled workers.

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Economics
April 2026

A Q&A on Our Economic Forecasts Amid the Evolving War with Iran

Goldman Sachs

Jessica Rindels, David Mericle

Research

17 Pages

Goldman Sachs updates its US macro outlook around the Iran war and oil shock. It now sees higher inflation, slower growth, and a softer labor market, but still expects the Fed to cut twice this year rather than hike into the shock.

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AI & Labor Markets
April 2026

The AI Jobs Scare Meets 250 Years of Data

American Enterprise Institute

James Pethokoukis

Article

7 Pages

Why do economists generally seem more cautious than many folks in Silicon Valley about the potential economic impacts of artificial intelligence?

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Economics
April 2026

Testing Resilience

OECD

Research

28 Pages

The OECD’s latest economic outlook incorporates the impact of the conflict in the Middle East on the global economy.

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Economics
December 2025

Work from Home and AI Trends

Nick Bloom

Research

26 Pages

Stanford's Nick Bloom shared an update on work from home and AI trends.

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Global Macroeconomics
December 2025

An Update to the Demographic Outlook, 2025 to 2055

Congressional Budget Office

Research

15 Pages

CBO projects that the U.S. population will increase from 350 million people in 2025 to 367 million people in 2055.

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Economics
November 2025

Jobless Growth

Goldman Sachs

Jan Hatzius, David Mericle, Pierfrancesco Mei

Research

15 Pages

Jan Haitzus’ team looks at the state of the labor market and considers the potential macro, monetary policy, and market implications of rapid technological progress.

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Global Macroeconomics
May 2025

The Path to 2075 – The Positive Story of Global Aging

Goldman Sachs

Jan Hatzius

Research

21 Pages

Goldman Sachs reframes global aging as an opportunity rather than a crisis, noting that longevity gains and healthier aging are extending effective working lives.

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Global Macroeconomics
April 2025

The Impact of Uncertainty on Investment, Hiring, and Consumer Spending

Goldman Sachs

Jan Hatzius

Research

17 Pages

Goldman Sachs Research analyzes the impact of heightened policy uncertainty on U.S. business investment, hiring, and consumer spending.

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Global Macroeconomics
April 2025

What’s Driving the Surge in U.S. Corporate Profits?

Federal Reserve Bank

Ricardo Marto

Research

7 Pages

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis reports that U.S. corporate profits have reached near-record highs since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, both in nominal terms and as a share of national income.

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Global Macroeconomics
March 2025

Rising Toxicity and the Threat to Capitalism and Life Itself

GMO

Jeremy Grantham

Research

19 Pages

Jeremy Grantham warns that the unchecked spread of synthetic industrial chemicals—particularly endocrine disruptors—is a growing yet underrecognized risk to human health, biodiversity, and the future viability of modern economic systems.

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Global Macroeconomics
February 2025

Ferguson’s Law: Debt Service, Military Spending, and the Fiscal Limits of Power

Hoover Institution

Niall Ferguson

Research

34 Pages

Historian Niall Ferguson introduces a principle suggesting that a great power is at risk of decline when its debt servicing costs surpass its defense spending.

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Global Macroeconomics
February 2025

AI, demographics, and the U.S. economy

Vanguard

Joe Davis

Research

33 Pages

Vanguard examines the push and pull between artificial intelligence and demographic-driven deficits, exploring their impact on U.S. economic growth in the decade ahead.

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Global Macroeconomics
January 2025

Dependency and depopulation: Confronting the consequences of a new demographic reality

McKinsey & Company

Research

82 Pages

McKinsey explores the implications of a new demographic reality brought on by falling fertility and increasing longevity.

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Global Macroeconomics
January 2025

Did the U.S. Really Grow Out of Its World War II Debt?

IMF

Laurence Ball, Julien Acalin

Research

55 Pages

Last year, the IMF released a paper that analyzed the role of three factors to the U.S. public debt/GDP ratio from 106% in 1946 to 23% in 1974: primary budget surpluses, surprise inflation, and pegged interest rates before the Fed-Treasury Accord of 1951.

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Markets
December 2024

10 for 10: Themes for the Next Decade

Man Group

Henry Neville

Research

9 Pages

Man Group presents ten secular investment themes expected to shape markets over the coming decade, grounded in geopolitical shifts, structural economic changes, and technological disruption. 

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Global Macroeconomics
September 2024

Change Required: Immigration Reform is an Economic Necessity

Research Affiliates

Chris Brightman, Alex Pickard

Research

8 Pages

Research Affiliates explains why immigration reform is necessary for the future success of the U.S. economy, noting that immigration of skilled workers in short supply boosts growth of the labor force and enhances productivity.

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Markets
August 2024

Mind the Gap 2024

Morningstar

Jeffrey Ptak

Research

20 Pages

This report examines how investor behavior—specifically, the timing of purchases and redemptions—creates a persistent gap between fund returns and investor returns.

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Global Macroeconomics
June 2024

The roar is getting a little louder: Assessing the “Roaring ‘20s” outlook for the US economy

UBS

Jason Draho

Research

47 Pages

This report assesses whether the U.S. economy is entering a new macroeconomic regime similar to the 1990s “Roaring 20s.”

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Markets
May 2024

Improving investing outcomes by minimizing investor bias

Vanguard

Tom De Luca

Research

5 Pages

Vanguard explores how cognitive biases can impede investment decision-making and offers strategies to mitigate their impact.

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Global Macroeconomics
April 2024

Exploring the Implications of Sub-Saharan Africa’s Demographic Explosion

Bridgewater

Devon Long, Will Barnes, Eka Zhao

Research

9 Pages

This paper explores how sub-Saharan Africa’s rapidly expanding working-age population may shape the global economy over coming decades.

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Global Macroeconomics
December 2023

The Evolution of Work From Home

José María Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Steven Davis

Research

28 Pages

The authors examine how work from home has evolved from a marginal practice to a central feature of modern labor markets.

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Global Macroeconomics
November 2022

History Lessons: How “Transitory” Is Inflation?

Research Affiliates

Rob Arnott, Omid Shakernia

Research

9 Pages

Research Affiliates challenges the idea that inflation reliably cools on a quick schedule once it spikes.

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Global Macroeconomics
October 2022

Aging, Deflation, and Secular Stagnation

Federal Reserve Bank

Anton Braun

Research

9 Pages

The Atlanta Fed’s Policy Hub digs into the effects of rapid population aging on inflation, real interest rates, and GDP growth, which may be causing deflationary pressures and secular stagnation.

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Global Macroeconomics
August 2022

Insights into the Inflation Print

Research Affiliates

Campbell Harvey

Research

10 Pages

Research Affiliates unpacks why a better looking monthly inflation number can hide stickier underlying pressures.

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Global Macroeconomics
November 2021

The Rise and Rise of the Global Balance Sheet: How Productively Are We Using Our Wealth?

McKinsey & Company

Rebecca Anderson

Research

32 Pages

McKinsey Global Institute examines how global wealth has expanded faster than economic output using a “global balance sheet” framework.

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Global Macroeconomics
June 2019

Vanguard Research: Megatrends The Economics of a Fraying World

Vanguard

Joseph Davis

Research

32 Pages

Vanguard explores how aging populations are reshaping global economic growth, labor markets, and investment outcomes.

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Global Macroeconomics
November 2018

Ghosts of Disruption Past, Present and Future.

Invesco

Arnab Das

Research

16 Pages

Invesco explores how past industrial revolutions and current technological shifts are shaping a new era of economic disruption.

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Global Macroeconomics
April 2017

Narrative Economics

Robert Shiller

Research

43 Pages

Professor Shiller address considers the epidemiology of narratives relevant to economic fluctuations.

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Global Macroeconomics
June 2014

Economic World Cup 2014

IR&M

Alexander Ineichen

Research

41 Pages

Ineichen Research & Management mixes World Cup forecasting with macroeconomics, demographics, corruption, and market risk to argue that national economic conditions often mirror football success.

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Global Macroeconomics
November 2013

Deflationary Pressures Mounting in Europe

Pictet

Yves Bonzon, Christophe Donay

Research

16 Pages

Pictet examines the global macroeconomic backdrop, market leadership, and the evolving case for hedge funds as financial conditions normalize.

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Global Macroeconomics
March 2013

The Big Four Economic Indicators: Industrial Production and Real Retail Sales Advisor Perspectives

Doug Short

Research

24 Pages

This paper examines the four economic indicators most closely associated with U.S. recession dating and explains how they can help investors interpret the business cycle.

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Global Macroeconomics
February 2013

Hyperinflations, Hysteria, and False Memories

GMO

James Montier

Research

14 Pages

GMO examines what really causes hyperinflation, arguing that severe supply shocks, foreign currency debt, and social conflict matter far more than money printing alone.

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Global Macroeconomics
December 2012

Did Hurricane Sandy Depress The November ISM?

Pantheon

Research

3 Pages

Pantheon Macroeconomic Advisors examines whether Hurricane Sandy temporarily distorted the November 2012 ISM manufacturing survey and argues underlying economic momentum remained stronger than the headline suggested.

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Global Macroeconomics
September 2012

Draghi Put Kicks In

IR&M

Alexander Ineichen

Research

45 Pages

Ineichen Research and Management examines the widening gap between weakening global economic fundamentals and increasingly optimistic market behavior following central bank intervention.

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Global Macroeconomics
July 2012

Wriston’s Law of Capital

IR&M

Alexander Ineichen

Research

61 Pages

Ineichen Research & Management examines how “Wriston’s Law of Capital” shapes the movement of money, talent, and ideas across countries, arguing that capital gravitates toward jurisdictions where it is welcomed and treated well.

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