Insights on US equities

Royce Investment Partners: Francis Gannon discusses how US small-caps have showed resilience in this 2026 first quarter recap.

Considering the constructive economic and market outlook, ClearBridge Investments believes the market will ultimately climb today’s wall of worry as investors’ leading fears are assuaged.

Amid heightened geopolitical and energy-driven inflation risks, central banks in North America are expected to stay on hold while those in Europe and Asia are poised to react if pressures persist, according to Franklin Templeton Fixed Income.

Royce Investment Partners: Co-CIO Francis Gannon discusses how US small caps remain market leaders even as volatility and uncertainty are on the rise.

ClearBridge Investments: History shows that investors should take advantage of the opportunity that appears to be emerging, with solid returns in the S&P 500 following historical “geopolitical dips”.

ClearBridge Investments: As AI challenges digital business models, companies with physical assets, predictable cash flows, dividends and durable moats stand out as better positioned in a volatile, high‑valuation market.

Royce Investment Partners: Francis Gannon discusses how US small-caps have showed resilience in this 2026 first quarter recap.

Royce Investment Partners: Co-CIO Francis Gannon discusses how US small caps remain market leaders even as volatility and uncertainty are on the rise.

ClearBridge Investments: The AI revolution's biggest winners may not be the mega-cap developers everyone's watching. Smaller-cap specialists building the physical infrastructure behind AI could offer investors a different play—one that doesn't require betting on a single technology or architecture.

Royce Investment Partners: Co-CIO Francis Gannon looks at how low interest rates, tax policy, reshoring, technology adoption, and deregulation can fuel US small-cap earnings growth.

Royce Investment Partners: Chris Clark and Francis Gannon discuss whether relatively attractive valuations, strong earnings, and heightened volatility could put US small-caps back on top in 2026?

Royce Investment Partners: Francis Gannon discusses positive factors for US small-caps in this 2025 fourth quarter recap.

Royce Investment Partners: Francis Gannon discusses how US small-caps have showed resilience in this 2026 first quarter recap.

On this month's Talking Markets podcast, Brian Freiwald of Putnam Investments joins us to discuss the nature of emerging markets and how their behavior differs from the US equity market. He offers his views on the reasons to allocate to emerging markets, including insights on specific companies and the broader opportunity across emerging markets today.

Royce Investment Partners: Co-CIO Francis Gannon discusses how US small caps remain market leaders even as volatility and uncertainty are on the rise.

ClearBridge Investments: The AI revolution's biggest winners may not be the mega-cap developers everyone's watching. Smaller-cap specialists building the physical infrastructure behind AI could offer investors a different play—one that doesn't require betting on a single technology or architecture.

With a solid fundamental backdrop, a broadening equity market, and the potential in AI, we believe this is an exciting time to be picking stocks and investing in businesses.

Royce Investment Partners: Co-CIO Francis Gannon looks at how low interest rates, tax policy, reshoring, technology adoption, and deregulation can fuel US small-cap earnings growth.

ClearBridge Investments: As AI challenges digital business models, companies with physical assets, predictable cash flows, dividends and durable moats stand out as better positioned in a volatile, high‑valuation market.

US equities underperformed global markets in the first six months of 2025, but continue to trade at a premium to foreign markets. ClearBridge Investments outlines the case for global diversification.

ClearBridge Investments believes macro and technological shifts are driving a wider dispersion of outcomes, highlighting the need for active management.

ClearBridge Investments believes dividend growers possess three attributes for an environment marked by inflation and policy risk: potential for downside protection, current income and growth.

ClearBridge Investments: Since the pandemic, the volatility of returns between growth and value has surged, which we believe is emblematic of a shift toward a new, value-led market regime.

Putnam Investments believes the success of their investment strategy is not as simple as finding the highest dividend yields.