Market take
From the BlackRock Investment Institute, Market take is a quick, weekly digest on what's driving markets. The podcast series provides investing insights and analysis across asset classes, investment strategies and borders – all to help our clients and portfolio managers navigate financial markets.
Episodes
China is increasingly competing on quality, not just scale, in advanced manufacturing. Serena Jiang, Economist at the BlackRock Investment Institute, explains how this shift is creating uneven impacts for companies and investors around the world.
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An accelerating AI buildout and elevated government borrowing needs are intensifying competition for capital. Vivek Paul, Global Head of Portfolio Strategy at the BlackRock Investment Institute, explains why that could keep borrowing costs elevated.
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We’ve returned to overweight emerging market (EM) stocks as earnings growth accelerates and leverage concerns ease. Michel Dilmanian, Portfolio Strategist at the BlackRock Investment Institute, explains what changed and how EM exposure also taps into the AI buildout.
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For decades, Japanese investors looked overseas for income. Now, rising bond yields are giving them a much more viable alternative at home. Ben Powell, Chief Investment Strategist for the Middle East and APAC at the BlackRock Investment Institute, explains why that shift could matter well beyond Japan.
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The new economic regime we’ve long described has been on full display in 2026. As the summer ends, Natalie Gill, Senior Portfolio Strategist at the BlackRock Investment Institute, shares three lessons to take into the rest of the year.
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Analysts are raising corporate earnings forecasts even as long-term government bond yields move higher. These aren’t contradictory signals. Devan Nathwani, Portfolio Strategist at the BlackRock Investment Institute, explains why we think they’re telling the same story.
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Investors hoping August will bring a summer lull may be disappointed. Michel Dilmanian, Portfolio Strategist at the BlackRock Investment Institute, explains why a world shaped by supply is keeping pressure on long-term yields and creating opportunities to build durable income.
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U.S. earnings remain exceptionally strong. But Natalie Gill, Senior Portfolio Strategist at the BlackRock Investment Institute, explains why the bigger question is whether AI-driven profits can prove durable.
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Renewed tensions in the Middle East are testing markets. In this week's Market Take, Ehsan Khoman, Investment Strategist at the BlackRock Investment Institute, explains why we remain pro-risk despite a more fragile macro backdrop.
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The repricing of Fed policy expectations over the past six months has reverberated well beyond the U.S. Valerie Chan, Investment Strategist at the BlackRock Investment Institute, explains why Japan is a key case study.
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AI has the potential to reshape long-term growth, but getting there means navigating today's supply constraints. Wei Li, BlackRock's Global Chief Investment Strategist, unpacks the key themes of BlackRock's 2026 Midyear Outlook.
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The U.S. dollar's safe-haven status remains intact. But a stronger dollar no longer automatically translates into broad emerging market weakness. Michel Dilmanian, Portfolio Strategist at the BlackRock Investment Institute, explains why the dollar is no longer the only story for emerging markets.
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The twin pressures of vulnerable energy supply and rising power demand are making energy security a durable investment theme. Hugo Liebaert, Sustainable Investment and Research Analytics at the BlackRock Investment Institute, explains where opportunities are emerging around critical energy bottlenecks.
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Mega forces like AI are reshaping markets and economies, with multiple plausible outcomes ahead. Devan Nathwani, Portfolio Strategist at the BlackRock Investment Institute, explains why this evolving investment landscape necessitates a new portfolio approach built around exposures—not asset class labels.
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Surging AI investment and geopolitical risks are showing how mega forces are reshaping the investment landscape. Michel Dilmanian, Portfolio Strategist at the BlackRock Investment Institute, unpacks how these developments will shape the debate at BlackRock’s Midyear Investment Forum this week.
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Surging long-term bond yields underscore our view that traditional portfolio diversification is being challenged in today’s macro regime. Beata Harasim, Senior Investment Strategist at the BlackRock Investment Institute, explains why investors may need a Plan B built around broader sources of return.
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Mega forces are reshaping portfolio opportunities over a strategic horizon of five years and beyond. Devan Nathwani, Portfolio Strategist at the BlackRock Investment Institute, explains how their latest manifestation is shifting where we take growth risk.
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U.S. stocks are hitting record highs even as disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz weigh on global supply chains. Ehsan Khoman, Economist at the BlackRock Investment Institute, explains why we think markets are pricing in both an AI-driven earnings boost and the impact of those disruptions — not signaling a disconnect.
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U.S. stocks are hitting record highs despite ongoing Middle East supply disruptions. Natalie Gill, Senior Portfolio Strategist at the BlackRock Investment Institute, explains what’s driving their outperformance and why it's keeping us risk-on .
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Inflation pressures predate the Middle East supply shock, leaving central banks constrained on policy. Nicholas Fawcett, Senior Economist at the BlackRock Investment Institute, explains why we expect yields to remain elevated and how this affects the role of long-term government bonds as portfolio diversifiers.
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