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Our research, the market data behind our thinking, and news of the firm, including fund milestones and new relationships, published as it arises. We write when we have something worth an investor's time, and not otherwise.

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Market data
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Firm news
Fund milestones, news of the firm, and new relationships as they are confirmed.

Featured · Research

SEP 2026

The narrowing of the index: what concentration means for a diversified portfolio.

When ten companies account for close to half of the index, the diversification an investor believes they hold is largely an illusion. We examine why, and what it implies for how a portfolio should be built.

Research

What a systematic fund adds to a portfolio built on the index.

Why a return stream that does not depend on the market rising has a place alongside a passive core.

SEP 2026

Research

Why the protection from bonds proved unreliable in 2022.

The way bonds offset equities depends on the environment. When it changes, the ballast can become a second source of loss.

SEP 2026

Market data

Passive investing passes half of US fund assets.

The steady, price-insensitive buying that supported the market for years is now the larger part of it.

SEP 2026

Research

Starting valuations and the decade ahead.

What a cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings ratio near 41 has tended to mean for the returns that follow.

AUG 2026

Research

The move from saving to spending.

How a retiring generation changes the flow of money into markets, and what it asks of a portfolio.

AUG 2026

Firm news

On our counterparties.

The institutions behind the fund, who they are and why they were chosen.

SEP 2026

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