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2024 Mid-Year Capital Markets Forecast
The more things change, the more they stay the same. In our last forecast, we discussed election uncertainty, sticky inflation, and geopolitical risk. Six months later, these issues are still with us. While we are not making across the board...
A Goals-Based Approach to ESG Investing
In this article in the Summer 2024 issue of the Journal of Impact and ESG Investing, Syntrinsic Head of Research Mike Sebastian discusses defining clear, realistic goals for investing taking into account environmental, social and governance...
The 2024 U.S. Elections in Perspective
The potential impact of the 2024 U.S. elections on financial markets is on investors’ minds. And rightly so, as elections certainly have implications regarding the country’s direction. According to Gallup, the top concern among voters in 2024 is...
Webinar: History of Impact Investing
In this webinar, Co-President and Head of Impact Investing, Akasha Absher discusses the History of Impact Investing for HBCU students for a program called Empowering Future Social Impact Investing Leaders.
2024 Capital Markets Forecast
For the past decade, Syntrinsic has developed our annual Capital Markets Forecast to inform long-term strategic asset allocations and near-term tactical shifts. Our long-term return assumptions for each asset class are based on quantitative...
2023 Mid-Year Capital Markets Forecast
Creating forecasts in a world that regularly surprises remains humbling. March of 2020 brought COVID, while February of 2022 had Russia unexpectedly invading Ukraine. And March 2023 saw unanticipated—though perfectly logical—stressors on regional...
Banks: Moving Forward
COVID-19. Brexit. The war in Ukraine. The debt ceiling. Certain events grab our attention. Headlines and talking heads inform, investigate, and instill fear and uncertainty. Investors can’t help but wonder what is happening. What does this mean for...
2023 Capital Markets Forecast
At times it is helpful to reflect on the past and evaluate what has changed. In 2022, we anticipated that inflation would peak, interest rates would rise globally, growth would moderate, and evaluating environmental, social, and governance factors...
Podcast – August 5, 2022: Private Debt
This brief podcast featuring Chief Investment Officer, Jennifer Leonard, and Senior Research Analyst, Matt Kukla, provides an overview of the private debt asset class and its role in client portfolios.
2022 Mid-Year Capital Markets Update
The first half of 2022 has been tumultuous, to say the least. As of June 20, we have seen the S&P 500 enter bear market territory, interest rates rise 150 bps and likely rising further, inflation at a 40-year high, slowing growth, a protracted...
Podcast – July 11, 2022: Market Trends and Portfolio Positioning
This brief podcast featuring Chief Investment Officer, Jennifer Leonard, covers some of the factors contributing to the market volatility and how we are responding in client portfolios.
Russell 1000 Value 2022 Observations
This sector attribution report for the iShares Russell 1000 Value Index ETF (IWD) covers January 1 – June 20, 2022. The Russell 1000 Value Index measures the performance of the large-cap value segment of the US equity universe, including companies...
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