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Guide to the Markets

The J.P. Morgan Guide to the Markets illustrates a comprehensive array of market and economic histories, trends and statistics through clear charts and graphs.

Market Insights

Simplify the complex with our timely and thought-provoking insights on market events and outlook and make informed investment decisions more confidently.

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Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions

Discover the 2022 edition of J.P. Morgan's Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions, drawing on the best thinking of our experienced investment professionals.

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Mid-Year Investment Outlook 2022

Our Mid-Year Investment Outlook 2022 explores what type of recession might be priced into markets and the impact for investment decisions.

Investment Principles

Investing for the future successfully doesn't require prediction. See how strategies like compound interest investing can help you in the long-term at J.P. Morgan.

Introducing the 7 Essentials of ESG

We’ve all seen how Sustainable Investing and ESG themes have captured the headlines and investor attention. To help you understand the key implications, and to facilitate conversations with clients, we have launched the 7 Essentials of ESG, a new infographic from our Market Insights team.

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ESG investing in China: Considerations for sustainable portfolios

China does not stack up well on most ESG metrics. Explore our take on whether investing in China can be reconciled with investing sustainably.

Achieving net zero: The path to a carbon-neutral world

Governments are aligning behind the goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2050, but dramatic changes to the global economy will be required to get us there. Learn more about the policies and innovations that could pave the way to a carbon-neutral world.

A new supercycle – the clean tech transition and implications for global commodities

A forced and rapid energy transition is under way. Discover what impact this will have on commodity markets and clean energy investment opportunities.

Protecting against inflation: Part 3 – Protecting your capital

Explore how investors can hedge against inflation to protect their capital in the next cycle with the help of alternatives and cyclical sectors.

Protecting against inflation: Part 2 – The labour market is key

Today, there are more job openings than there are unemployed workers. Explore what impact a tight labour market could have on inflation in 2022.

Protecting against inflation: Part 1 - Storm in the ports

Inflation is standing at record levels across many markets. Explore our framework for tracking the impact of supply chain disruption on inflation in 2022.

COP26: Not a failure, not a success

COP26 saw significant announcements in areas such as coal, methane and deforestation, yet progress fell short of the scale required to give us confidence that disruptive climate outcomes can be avoided. Physical climate risks warrant careful consideration for long-term investors.

UK equities offer value

With UK shares looking cheap, long-term investors may be able to pick up a bargain in the UK stock market this year. Explore our outlook for UK equities.

How to navigate the three challenges in China?

This paper, written by Tai Hui and Hugh Gimber, discusses the major challenges faced by China equity and fixed income market, and their investment implications.

The impact of ESG factors on portfolio returns

History provides only a limited guide to the implications of ESG factors for returns. We look at the conclusions that can be drawn from the past, and how investors can prepare for the future.

Why and how to re-think the 60:40 portfolio

The challenge of low government bond yields means investors must rethink the 60:40 stock:bond allocation. Discover where they can turn for diversification.

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Portfolio Insights

Global Asset Allocation Views 3Q 2022

Subtrend global growth and tighter monetary policy create a challenging outlook for asset markets in 2H22. We downgrade equities to underweight and credit to neutral, move to an overweight in cash and close our underweight to duration.

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Global Fixed Income Views 3Q 2022

Sub Trend Growth is now our base case scenario, at 45%. We cut our expectation of Above Trend Growth to 20%, increased Recession to 25% and left Crisis at 10%. Our best idea: high quality, short-duration bonds, in particular short-dated investment grade corporate bonds and securitized credit.

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Global Equity Views 2Q 2022

Despite recent weakness in global markets, many of our portfolio managers remain rather cautious about the outlook. Quality and predictability, as well as modest valuations, matter most in this environment.

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Emerging Market Debt Quarterly Strategy report Q1 2022

Our quarterly EMD strategy report assesses the latest economic developments in emerging markets and sets out our base case scenario for the asset class

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Factor Views 2Q 2022

Amid tumultuous markets, factors generally had a positive quarter. Equity value, merger arbitrage and commodity factors all fared particularly well. We see an attractive outlook for equity factors, which remain historically cheap.

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What’s rattling emerging market equities and where they may go from here

Rate hikes, COVID-19 lockdowns and geopolitics have been punishing but we see potential silver linings.

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ETF Perspectives

Explore insights from J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s ETF research. In addition discover data and commentary on current topics related to ETF classes and strategies.

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