Resilience Amid Disruption: Markets Navigate War, Inflation, and AI Investment

By Ellen Hazen, CFA®, Chief Market Strategist Growth remains resilient despite geopolitical uncertainty Earnings upside is exceeding expectations and supporting equity valuations Markets are being driven by an expanding AI capital spending cycle Prediction markets can offer incremental signals Macro backdrop. Entering 2026, we saw three positive forces underpinning the US economy. Fiscal stimulus provided […]