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Franklin Templeton Institute’s Stephen Dover and Larry Hatheway offer insights and market implications from the Fed’s meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Tariff announcements caused historic volatility in April, but markets have staged an historic recovery since then. Stephen Dover, Head of Franklin Templeton Institute, shares key points from his discussion of tariff impacts with equity and fixed income experts.

The “Big Beautiful Bill” is set to be signed into law, and the markets are considering it “investment grade.” Learn about the implications of this legislation from Stephen Dover, Head of Franklin Templeton Institute.

With Fed rate cuts seen as a strong possibility heading into year-end, Franklin Templeton Institute explores the performance of global equities and fixed income during the resumption of Fed easing—and what investors need to know.

With Fed rate cuts seen as a strong possibility heading into year-end, Franklin Templeton Institute explores how stock and bond markets have performed during the resumption of Fed easing—and what investors need to know.

History suggests that fear often creates opportunities for long-term investors willing to accept near-term volatility in exchange for future price appreciation. With valuations now more attractive and sentiment deeply negative, this may be one of those moments.

Beneath the daily headlines, powerful long-term forces are changing societies, driving technology and compelling geoeconomic logic to shape our future world. Learn about Deep Water Waves in this update to our multi-year series.

How secure are the world’s supply chains? As geopolitics and technology collide, investors must rethink risk, resilience, and opportunity in a rapidly fragmenting global economy. In this research paper, Franklin Templeton Institute discusses the impact on five global supply chains.

While developments in the Middle East are serious, fears of the potential for inflation like the 1970s may be misplaced, according to Kim Catechis of Franklin Templeton Institute. He analyzes what actually happened 50 years ago and how the world is different today.

After a cordial and apparently agreeable meeting, the Trump-Xi summit in Busan, South Korea, concluded without a formal announcement. However, Franklin Templeton Institute believes some emerging details suggest tangible progress.

Franklin Templeton Institute explores “bull steepening” in the Treasury yield curve—and the investment implications.

Proposed regulatory changes involving the Supplementary Leverage Ratio may have benefits for both large banks and the Treasury market, according to Franklin Templeton Institute’s Christy Tan and Lukasz Labedzki.

Franklin Templeton Institute’s Tony Davidow outlines why he believes private markets are uniquely suited for today’s market environment and can add value to traditional portfolios.

The inclusion of private markets in defined contribution plans is gaining momentum, according to Franklin Templeton Institute’s Tony Davidow. In his most recent Alternative Allocations podcast, he discusses this growing trend with Patrick Arey from Empower.

Franklin Templeton Institute believes infrastructure represents a compelling investment option due to its unique characteristics, the prevailing market environment, and the versatile role these types of assets can play in client portfolios.

Highlights on the credit environment and the shifts taking place from a conversation with our investment professionals from Franklin Templeton Fixed Income, Western Asset, Putnam, Brandywine and Benefit Street Partners.

With the escalation of military conflict between Israel and Iran, investors are guardedly watching the events, which still have the potential to spread, impact Mideast energy supplies, and increase global economic uncertainty. To address those concerns, Lawrence Hatheway, Global Investment Strategist at Franklin Templeton Institute, moderated a discussion with some of our investment professionals with expertise in the region to hear their thoughts on possible effects on global financial markets.

With fixed income markets faring well in early 2025, Rick Polsinello and Lukasz Labedzki of Franklin Templeton Institute share their positive outlook for municipal bonds, which offer attractive credit quality and issuance trends, as well as the potential to help diversify equity allocations.