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Outlook 2026: The age of alpha

In 2026, investors will need to consider how to make sense of structural shifts that are playing out across economies, sectors, and regions. From the promises of AI to how to building resilient portfolios for a more multipolar world.

2026 Key Themes

As investors look to 2026, a number of key themes — from global policy stimulus to geopolitics to AI — are expected to shape macro and market conditions.

Solving for 2026: Five themes for navigating markets

Neuberger Berman's investment leaders break down the macro environment and its implications for equities, fixed income, and private markets in 2026, including policy crosscurrents, AI, and where to position now.

Multi-sector credit: High yields, big opportunities in 2026

In 2026, investors can likely expect higher volatility associated with a maturing business cycle. As that volatility nears the horizon, investors can benefit from a more optimal mix of active management focused on higher risk-adjusted returns.

Resisting the Sirens’ Song

The siren song of passive investing calls to investors with the promise of low fees, broad market exposure and the elimination of underperformance. The result has been a remarkable shift in capital allocation, with trillions flowing into index-tracking strategies worldwide.

Global Macro Insights: Asset allocation fit for a fragmenting world

The traditional 60/40 portfolio, over the next 10 years, could deliver lower risk-adjusted returns than investors have become accustomed to. This report identifies six actions that investors can take to adapt their portfolios for today’s fragmenting world.

2026 outlook: Economic upside, stock market downside

AI’s rapid evolution has increased its potential to become a transformative economic force, with promising implications for productivity across industries. Adoption is accelerating, and while today’s leaders dominate headlines, tomorrow’s winners may look very different.

Gold Outlook 2026: Push ahead or pull back

Gold surged in 2025, driven by risk and dollar weakness. Looking to 2026, the outlook is shaped by ongoing geoeconomic uncertainty. Gold may remain rangebound if current conditions persist. However, 2026 will likely continue to surprise.

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Building a lazy ETF portfolio in 2026

What are the best ways to build a simple portfolio from scratch? I’ve addressed this issue before but think it’s worth revisiting given markets and the world have since changed, throwing up new challenges and things to consider.

Get set for a bumpy 2026

At this time last year, I forecast that 2025 would likely be a positive year given strong economic prospects and disinflation. The outlook for this year is less clear cut and here is what investors should do.

Meg on SMSFs: First glimpse of revised Division 296 tax

Treasury has released draft legislation for a new version of the controversial $3 million super tax. It's a significant improvement on the original proposal but there are some stings in the tail.

Ray Dalio on 2025’s real story, Trump, and what’s next

The renowned investor says 2025’s real story wasn’t AI or US stocks but the shift away from American assets and a collapse in the value of money. And he outlines how to best position portfolios for what’s ahead.

10 fearless forecasts for 2026

The predictions include dividends will outstrip growth as a source of Australian equity returns, US market performance will be underwhelming, while US government bonds will beat gold.

13 million spare bedrooms: Rethinking Australia’s housing shortfall

We don’t have a housing shortage; we have housing misallocation. This explores why so many bedrooms go unused, what’s been tried before, and five things to unlock housing capacity – no new building required.

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