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Our insights hub provides the latest BlackRock thought leadership to help advisors navigate financial markets and stay ahead of the curve.

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  • Private Market

    Integrating Private Markets into Whole Portfolios

    Nov 17, 2025|ByIsabelle Rucart, CFA, PRM

    Discover how to size private market allocations for optimal diversification and client goals in wealth portfolios.

  • Equity

    Are we in a bubble? The AI boom in context

    Nov 11, 2025|ByCarolyn BarnetteMark Peterson

    While echoes of past exuberance are hard to ignore, a closer look reveals a fundamentally different landscape—one supported by real profitability, disciplined capital allocation, and broad-based adoption that are shaping where we see opportunities ahead.

  • Fixed Income

    The Rise of Active Fixed Income ETFs

    Nov 19, 2025|ByKaren Veraa-Perry, CFA

    Bond ETFs have evolved: active fixed income ETFs deliver flexibility, transparency, and alpha opportunities for today’s market conditions.

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  • 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 Insights

    Weekly market commentary

    Dec 08, 2025|ByBlackRock Investment Institute

    The size and speed of the artificial intelligence buildout means investors must make big calls on its direction - with no room for a neutral stance.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Market Insights

    BlackRock's market outlook for advisors

    Dec 04, 2025|ByBlackRock

    Obtain exclusive resources from the Advisor Outlook team to help put markets in context, tying the best of BlackRock insights into actionable portfolio implications.

Market and portfolio insights

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Equity

    Cheery earnings, leery investors and an optimistic equity outlook

    Nov 26, 2025|ByCarrie KingBlackRock Fundamental Equities

    What do Q3 company earnings tell us about the U.S. equity market outlook? Carrie King sees opportunity in AI and beyond, and dispersion even within the Mag 7.

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

    Oct 20, 2025|ByJeff ShenRaffaele SaviTony DeSpirito

    Can stocks power on into year-end? Our Q4 outlook sees AI in the driver’s seat and explores momentum, irrational exuberance and hidden alpha opportunities.

  • 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