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  • Fixed Income

    Maximizing Tax Savings with Muni Bonds

    Dec 04, 2025|ByDaniel Prince, CFA

    Price losses in muni bond funds present opportunities for greater tax efficiency as advisors navigate elevated yields and inflation.

  • Alternative Investing

    Four factors behind bitcoin’s recent volatility

    Dec 09, 2025|ByMatt KunkeRobert Mitchnick

    Learn more about how over the past few weeks, crypto assets have experienced a sharp pullback- but there's not one single catalyst behind the volatility

  • Private Market

    What does the growth in private credit mean for investors?

    Nov 24, 2025|ByJohn Griffith III

    The growth in private credit markets offers new, diverse opportunities, prompting a rising need for disciplined manager selection, credit expertise, and holistic risk evaluation

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  • Equity

    AI stocks, alternatives, and the new market playbook for 2026

    Dec 18, 2025|ByCarolyn Barnette

    In 2025, global stocks delivered strong returns despite periodic pullbacks, underscoring the value of staying invested in a diversified portfolio. Bonds once again acted as stabilizers, with Fed rate cuts boosting fixed income performance relative to cash. Looking ahead to 2026, many investors remain constructive on equities, while seeking balance through bonds, alternatives, and option-based strategies.

  • Equity

    Equity Market Outlook

    Dec 16, 2025|ByCarrie KingJeff ShenRaffaele Savi

    What’s in store for stocks in 2026? Our Q1 outlook explores the evolving opportunities in AI, and some quieter areas of the market worth investor attention.

  • Market Insights

    Weekly market commentary

    Dec 15, 2025|ByBlackRock Investment Institute

    We see the diversification mirage – one of our 2026 Outlook themes – playing out in real time with a sharp spike in global bond yields.

  • Portfolio Construction

    Put markets in perspective

    Dec 12, 2025|ByMark Peterson

    BlackRock’s Student of the Market provides monthly insights on current and historical market trends. Share these key insights with your clients now.

  • Alternative Investing

    Four factors behind bitcoin’s recent volatility

    Dec 09, 2025|ByMatt KunkeRobert Mitchnick

    Learn more about how over the past few weeks, crypto assets have experienced a sharp pullback- but there's not one single catalyst behind the volatility

  • Market Insights

    The Bid – BlackRock’s investment podcast

    Dec 08, 2025|ByBlackRock

    The 2026 market outlook is shaped by AI, record capital expenditure and rising leverage. Jean Boivin of the BlackRock Investment Institute joins The Bid to unpack why “micro is macro,” how AI investing and megaforces are driving growth, what leveraging up means for debt markets, and why diversification may be a mirage.

Market and portfolio insights

  • Equity

    AI stocks, alternatives, and the new market playbook for 2026

    Dec 18, 2025|ByCarolyn Barnette

    In 2025, global stocks delivered strong returns despite periodic pullbacks, underscoring the value of staying invested in a diversified portfolio. Bonds once again acted as stabilizers, with Fed rate cuts boosting fixed income performance relative to cash. Looking ahead to 2026, many investors remain constructive on equities, while seeking balance through bonds, alternatives, and option-based strategies.

  • Equity

    Equity Market Outlook

    Dec 16, 2025|ByCarrie KingJeff ShenRaffaele Savi

    What’s in store for stocks in 2026? Our Q1 outlook explores the evolving opportunities in AI, and some quieter areas of the market worth investor attention.

  • Alternative Investing

    Four factors behind bitcoin’s recent volatility

    Dec 09, 2025|ByMatt KunkeRobert Mitchnick

    Learn more about how over the past few weeks, crypto assets have experienced a sharp pullback- but there's not one single catalyst behind the volatility

  • Multi-Asset

    Gold’s near-term volatility provides opportunity

    Dec 04, 2025|ByRuss Koesterich, CFA, JD

    In this article, Russ Koesterich discusses gold’s recent positive correlation with stocks, particularly those names showing strong price momentum.

  • Model Portfolio

    Monthly commentary: Target Allocation ETF model portfolio

    Dec 03, 2025|ByMichael Gates, CFA

    Get timely market outlooks, thought leadership and portfolio positioning insights from the BlackRock Target Allocation model portfolio team.

  • Market Insights

    Digital assets monthly update

    Dec 03, 2025|ByBlackRock

    Learn more about the factors behind bitcoin’s recent volatility and what the path forward may look like.

Insights on serving clients

  • Fixed Income

    Maximizing Tax Savings with Muni Bonds

    Dec 04, 2025|ByDaniel Prince, CFA

    Price losses in muni bond funds present opportunities for greater tax efficiency as advisors navigate elevated yields and inflation.

  • Separately Managed Account

    What would Yale do? Implementing after-tax asset allocation

    Dec 02, 2025|ByFrances WalshPatrick Geddes

    Learn how after-tax asset allocation and Yale’s endowment model can help advisors design more tax-efficient portfolios for high-net-worth clients.

  • Retirement

    Navigating retirement income

    Nov 20, 2025|ByBlackRock Retirement Perspectives

    Gain advisor insights on retirement income solutions, including guaranteed income streams and QDIA strategies, to ensure financial security for retirees.

  • Read on Retirement advisor outlook

    Read on Retirement: A new generation of retirement plan consultants

    Nov 18, 2025|ByBlackRock Retirement Perspectives

    Retirement plan consultants share insights from 300+ surveyed in Read on Retirement® research, addressing challenges and enhancing outcomes.

  • Fixed Income

    Solving five key retirement income concerns for plan sponsors

    Nov 14, 2025|ByBlackRock Retirement Perspectives

    Explore solutions for five major retirement income concerns faced by plan sponsors. Ensure financial security for retirees with our latest insights

  • Market Insights

    Student of the Market – November 2025

    Nov 14, 2025|ByBlackRock

    Student of the Market

Outlooks and research

  • Market Insights

    Pushing limits

    Dec 02, 2025|ByBlackRock Investment Institute

    AI's growth is led by a few firms making massive investments, raising investor questions about whether AI revenues will match this scale of spending.

  • People & Money - The next wave of U.S. ETF investors

    Nov 11, 2025|ByBlackRock

    Our People & Money analysis aims to amplify the voice of the individual investor — offering insights into their behaviors, motivations, and attitudes toward investing.

  • Hedge Fund Outlook

    Oct 27, 2025|ByBlackRock

    As markets shift and diversifiers weaken, our Hedge Fund Outlook highlights why we believe investors are enhancing adaptability and scale to seize alpha in today’s opportunity-rich landscape.

  • Fixed Income

    Fixed Income Outlook

    Oct 23, 2025|ByJeffrey Rosenberg, CFAMichael Gates, CFAPatrick HaskellRick RiederTom Parker

    Stay ahead with the quarterly fixed income outlook. Understand how interest rates, geopolitics, and changing policies are driving the bond market today.

  • Equity

    Equity Market Outlook

    Dec 16, 2025|ByCarrie KingJeff ShenRaffaele Savi

    What’s in store for stocks in 2026? Our Q1 outlook explores the evolving opportunities in AI, and some quieter areas of the market worth investor attention.

  • Equity

    How a new era of active ETF innovation is empowering investors

    Oct 03, 2025|ByJay JacobsJorge del ValleSamara Cohen

    Learn more about what's driving the acceleration of active ETFs and the role they play in portfolios