Market Matters | Timely Insights for Navigating Dynamic Markets

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Healthcare stocks present an exciting investment opportunity, with attractive valuations and strong growth potential driven by demographics and AI adoption.
Robertas Stancikas, Jane Bleeg | 8 July 2025

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    What is Market Matters?

    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.

    What Makes Market Matters Different?

    With data and insight, we bring expert analysis to life in an engaging, easy-to-read format with animated charts and video summaries.

    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.

    Making the Most of Market Matters

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

    Explore our growing library of timely topics, videos and resources below. Put Market Matters to work for you.

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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.

      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.

      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.

      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.

      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?

      About the Authors

      Inigo Fraser Jenkins 
      Investment Strategist

      Alla Harmsworth
      Investment Strategist

      Robertas Stancickas
      Investment Strategist