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February 4, 2025

DeepSeek disruption – Gauging the 1st and 2nd order effects

The final week of January 2025 saw the announcement from China that the DeepSeek AI model could meaningfully disrupt the US Open AI capital intensive approach
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February 4, 2025

Solving Portfolio Optimization's Classic Challenge: The FT Wilshire NxtGen Index Series

Modern portfolio theory began with Harry Markowitz’s Nobel Prize-winning work in the 1950s, introducing the now-famous mean-variance optimization problem:
Index Research
January 29, 2025

Xi and Trump: Is a trade deal possible?

Returning from Hong Kong this week, a question kept resurfacing: What exactly is going on?
Viewpoints
January 28, 2025

Rethinking Minimum Variance: Addressing Stock Market Concentration

Stock market concentration presents hurdles for asset owners seeking low-risk equity exposure. Discover how Wilshire Indexes delivers a more balanced approach than traditional minimum variance indices that often rely heavily on low-volatility stocks
Index Research
January 17, 2025

Trump Could Be Good for the World

Donald Trump’s influence on global markets may prove profound—and not entirely negative.
Viewpoints
January 6, 2025

Reigniting Investor Interest in the UK Market

Headlines in 2024 painted a challenging picture for the UK equity market: declining IPO activity, fierce global competition for listings, and economic pressures weighing on earnings and investor sentiment.
Viewpoints
November 25, 2024

2025 Outlook: Five KPI’s for the Trump 2.0 trade

Ahead of the inauguration markets are attempting to price in the ‘known unknowns’ surrounding the forthcoming Trump administration...
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November 4, 2024

Uncertainty around the too close to call election reflected in market responses

On the eve of the US presidential election that is deemed too close to call, it is not surprising that the uncertainty has rippled into market responses through the course of October.
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October 18, 2024

All calm ahead of the election – rational indifference?

The FT Wilshire has established record high ahead of the November election. However...
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October 2, 2024

The late Chinese equity surge steals the show in Q3

The final week of September saw the Chinese authorities deploy a stimulus bazooka aimed at reversing sentiment towards Chinese equities.
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September 25, 2024

Should a return to ‘secular stagnation’ growth levels be seen as a soft landing?

A relief that the Fed have started to ease …
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September 4, 2024

The ‘V’ shaped recovery masking leadership rotation.

US equities staged a strong ‘V’ recovery and closed in on the high reached in late July.
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