Market Matters

Just Added | Is Cryptocurrency Moving onto the Asset-Allocation Radar?

Potentially higher long-term inflation could lead more investors to consider a mix of investments to complement stocks and cushion against rising prices. Many financial firms are looking at crypto as a possible option.

^{Inigo Fraser Jenkins, Alla Harmsworth | 3 September 2025}

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It’s a regular series of perspectives from AB strategists that tackles investors’ key challenges—and answers their most pressing questions.

Our goal is to deliver high-impact insights—from macro themes to asset allocation and opportunities within market segments. We keep clients informed in an investment world of constant change.

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Market Matters is highly accessible and gets straight to the point. Each topic takes less than five minutes to read, so we make the best use of your time.

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Market Matters helps investors make sense of a rapidly evolving capital markets landscape.

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Healthcare Stocks: An Investing Prescription for Growth and Stability

Healthcare stocks present an exciting investment opportunity, with attractive valuations and strong growth potential driven by demographics and AI adoption.

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What Geopolitical Turmoil and a Changing World Order Mean for Investors

A generational shift in the geopolitical and economic landscape goes deeper than tariffs and trade wars. It will impact expected returns, the types of return investors need—even how they think about risk.

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Equity Investing in Europe’s Elusive Growth Story

Europe is often seen as an inferior source of growth to the US. But high-quality companies are scattered across the region—for investors who know how to find them.

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Four Investing Stories that will Shape 2025 Markets

We survey four investing trends that will shape financial markets to help investors consider their strategic positioning in a rapidly changing world.

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The Role of Private Credit in the Post-Pandemic World

The forces that have ushered in higher private-market allocations in recent decades are still in place—if anything, they’ve strengthened.

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Why Own Anything But Cash?

Money-market funds have been the clear favorite over the last two years, attracting more than $1.8 trillion of inflows.

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Why Own Anything Other Than the US?

The US equity market has outperformed the rest of the developed world by nearly 110% over the past decade, in common-currency terms.

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Equity Opportunities

Global stock markets have been rallying for much of the past two years. Will the streak continue? And what opportunities are most compelling within equities?

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