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BlackRock Investment Institute

23 Feb 2022

BlackRock's Weekly Market Commentary: Confusion yields opportunity

By Staff Writer

Strategically, we remain underweight developed market government bonds
15 Feb 2022

BlackRock's Weekly Market Commentary: Net-zero transition reprices assets

By Staff Writer

We see the transition driving a relative return advantage for greener sectors such as tech and healthcare over browner sectors such as energy for years to come, all else equal.
08 Feb 2022

BlackRock's Weekly Market Commentary: Market view of rate hikes too hawkish

By Staff Writer

We are underweight developed market government bonds as we see investors increasingly demanding higher compensation for the risk of holding government bonds.
01 Feb 2022

BlackRock's Weekly Market Commentary: Keeping our modest equity overweight

By Staff Writer

We maintain our modest equities overweight, with a preference for developed markets and China.
27 Jan 2022

BlackRock's Weekly Market Commentary: Trimming our Treasury underweight

By Staff Writer

We reduce our underweight of U.S. Treasuries after the surprising yield surge this month while still seeing the direction of travel for yields as higher.
07 Dec 2021

BlackRock's Weekly Market Commentary: Three investing lessons of 2021

By Staff Writer

Our key lessons of 2021: Stay anchored to your framework in the unique restart; appreciate the net-zero journey has started; and have courage of conviction.
10 Nov 2021

BlackRock’s Weekly Market Commentary: EM Climate matters to global returns

By Staff Writer

Climate risk is investment risk. The global net-zero transition will help shape portfolio outcomes over coming years, with emerging markets playing a key role.
26 Oct 2021

BlackRock's Weekly Market Commentary: A lopsided energy transition

By Staff Writer

Surging natural gas and coal prices amid a powerful economic restart have exposed a lopsided transition toward low-carbon power. We still see an orderly transition in the medium term – but with bumps on the way that could lead to growth and inflation volatility.

19 Oct 2021

BlackRock's Weekly Market Commentary: 1970s stagflation? It’s the opposite

By Staff Writer

Prices have climbed around the world, with commodities prices surging and U.S. inflation hitting a 13-year high. It’s the first time since the 1970s that a supply shock is the main culprit. This is where the comparison ends. There’s no risk of 1970s-style stagflation, in our view. Economic activity is increasing briskly and has room to run.
12 Oct 2021

BlackRock's Weekly Market Commentary: Debt ceiling spat takes a breather

By Staff Writer

We still see a low risk of technical default by the U.S. and expect the debt ceiling debacle to ultimately resolve. The broadening economic restart keeps us tactically pro-risk, yet we see a narrowing path for risk assets to push higher and markets more prone to temporary pullbacks. Key events toward the year end, including the lapse of the temporary debt ceiling rise, could potentially trigger market volatility. We favor looking through market jitters against the backdrop of the restart.
05 Oct 2021

BlackRock's Weekly Market Commentary: Putting the yield spike in perspective

By Staff Writer

The recent jump in U.S. Treasury yields has spooked investors. Not all yield rises are the same. Yields driven up by rising policy rate expectations may harm equity valuations. We see the recent yield spike as partially correcting the disconnect between the powerful restart and falling yields that had led to an overly compressed term premium.
28 Sep 2021

BlackRock's Weekly Market Commentary: Why we stay pro-risk

By Staff Writer

Markets have been jittery amid focus on China’s regulatory clampdown and the prospect of the Federal Reserve tapering its asset purchases. We believe the path for further gains in risk assets has narrowed after an extended run higher, warranting a selective approach, but we reaffirm our tactical pro-risk stance. In the context of very small client allocations to Chinese assets, we are dipping our toes in the asset class by shifting our view to a modest overweight.