Market insights

BlackRock portfolio manager Russ Koesterich, CFA discusses why earnings trumped rates as the catalyst for September’s poor equity performance. Read more now.

Investing can be as much an emotional as an intellectual pursuit. A professional investor and a behavioral finance expert discuss how to navigate the two.

Countries have a stake in avoiding mounting climate risk, but emerging markets will play a key role in the net-zero transition. Read our Global insights.

Company earnings have exceeded expectations. That has some worried about an inevitable slowdown. U.S. equity CIO Tony DeSpirito offers some perspective.

Market update from BlackRock's municipal bond team.

While much of the conversation has centered around amassing a nest egg, it’s important to look at what else can be done to improve retirement readiness.

We evaluated if a more finely-tuned approach to LifePath’s fixed income allocations could help achieve the objective of greater lifetime consumption over a participants’ lifecycle. Our research findings indicate the answer is yes.

Rick Rieder and team examine the myriad investment opportunities that are available in an environment dominated by negative real interest rates.

In this market insight piece, BlackRock portfolio manager Russ Koesterich discusses how calmer bond markets have actually benefited equities.

The path for further gains in risk assets looks to have narrowed after a long run higher, but we reaffirm our tactical pro-risk stance.

Retiring participants may need more help transitioning into a decumulation mindset. Find out why.

Retirement income solutions need to be part of a culture shift that overcomes participant bias in order to succeed. Here's how.

It’s been a good year for U.S. stocks, but is the run nearing an end? Active equity investor Tony DeSpirito takes on the skeptics in his Q4 market outlook.

BlackRock’s systematic bond experts decode the markets to reveal why real rates continue to trend negative and what it means for your bond portfolio.

Rick Rieder and team argue that there are times in fixed income markets when some things seem out-of-whack, making it critical to be truly ‘vested’ in your investing.

Read the latest market insights to see where BlackRock's Multi-Asset Income team sees potential risks and opportunities across global income assets.

BlackRock Investment Institute members recommend their favorite books – across topics and genres – for your reading during this summer and beyond.

With traditional hedges not working as effectively, portfolio manager Russ Koesterich discusses how the dollar may serve in that role.

Impact investing is gaining in popularity. BlackRock’s Eric Rice met with the “Father of Impact Investing” to discuss how it is redefining risk and reward.

Closed-end funds are often overlooked, but can offer access to high growth private markets in a investor friendly structure with daily liquidity.

Equities, especially cyclical stocks, have had a strong run in the first half of 2021. What’s next? Tony DeSpirito addresses three key questions for Q3.

Markets enjoy distilling information in the form of an emoji/tweet, but Rick Rieder and team argue that simple headlines can conceal more than they reveal.

Russ Koesterich, portfolio manager of the Global Allocation Fund, discusses why low vol and quality stocks are exhibiting surprisingly strong performance.

BlackRock bond experts reveal the top themes driving our fixed income outlook. Learn the latest key risks and opportunities in today’s bond market.

Finding the best new investment opportunities as the recovery rolls on is both a challenge and source of excitement for active stock investor James Bristow.

BlackRock's DC Pulse survey provides timely insights into the minds of participants, retirees and plan sponsors to help build and inform a better retirement.

Russ Koesterich, portfolio manager of the BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, discusses interest rate volatility and how to insulate the portfolio against it.

Inflation’s role can be misinterpreted and therefore policy seeking to achieve positive ends can ironically become the means by which those ends are undone.

The view by many is that ESG investing is concessionary. Our history shows that isn’t true and that unique ESG data can be predictors of company results.

Rick Rieder and team argue that investors need to balance income with valuation as the overarching force shaping markets evolves from pandemic to policy.

In times of rapid change, companies with an innovative edge can be primed for outperformance. Active stock investor Will Broadbent reviews the opportunity.

If rates continue to rise, financials could be the place to be, says Russ Koesterich, portfolio manager of the BlackRock Global Allocation Fund.

The #pandemic has sped up the rewiring of #globalization – with a bipolar U.S.-China world order at its center. Read our latest portfolio perspectives.

Re-openings are thrusting the U.S. economy forward. Two active investors offer insight for value and income seekers in what could be a fast-moving cycle.

Read the latest market insights to see where BlackRock’s Multi-Asset Income team sees potential risks and opportunities across the landscape.

Rick Rieder and team argue that inflation is a complex and enigmatic concept, so policymakers should take an expanded view of how prices are considered.

The COVID recovery is likely to be as unusual as the crisis itself. BlackRock’s Tony DeSpirito sat down with former FOMC member Bill Dudley to discuss.

Rick Rieder and team argue that the extraordinary policy largess we’re witnessing at a time of economic tailwinds could threaten Fed credibility and is likely to add to volatility.

Value stocks have performed well of late and may still have room to run. Active equity investor Tony DeSpirito reviews the short- and longer-term tailwinds.

In this piece, Russ Koesterich, portfolio manager of the Global Allocation fund, discusses how history suggests that higher interest rates can help, not hinder, stocks.

Rick Rieder and team argue we’re at the cusp of another stage in the market cycle, driven by fiscal/monetary policy, making capital allocation critical.

In this market insight piece, Russ Koesterich, portfolio manager of the Global Allocation fund, discusses why gold has not been an effective hedge recently.

Covered call strategies can help investors manage short-term volatility and may provide better long-term outcomes while seeking to provide income to investors.

Why some retirees are spending down their assets while others are not.

Read the latest model portfolio market insights to see where BlackRock’s Multi-Asset Income team see potential risks and opportunities across the landscape.

We believe the effects of climate change should be included in financial projections. This is why we are launching climate-aware return assumptions. Learn more.

Rick Rieder and team contend that a chess strategy can offer insight into why holding some cash may be the right defense for portfolios today.

The BlackRock Investment Institute sees higher inflation over the medium term, for three main reasons. This has important implications for long-term investors.

BlackRock Global Allocation Fund portfolio manager Russ Koesterich explains why he expects volatility to drop -- and cyclicals outperform.

With vaccines in flight, the pandemic’s end is a matter of when, not if. Researchers from BlackRock Fundamental Equities are gauging the evolving dynamics.