Lower income households are getting a raise, increasing capex estimates signal confidence, and small businesses are catching up in their use of AI.
Jim Lydotes flips the timer on a retail energy deal, thinner consumer cushions, and how index rebalancing shows why investors should look beneath the market surface.
Jim Lydotes flips the timer on 1) small cap capex, 2) Voya’s Grassroots Research® on cyber spending, 3) an interesting setup for specialty chemicals.
In more concentrated markets, portfolios are often shaped more by benchmarks than by conviction—requiring a more deliberate, analytics-driven approach to managing risk.
Three numbers tell the small cap story right now: Earnings, valuations, and rates. It’s a setup that deserves attention.
The defense sector is undergoing a structural realignment, catalyzed by geopolitical volatility, technological disruption, and shifting transatlantic security dynamics.
As AI-powered cyber threats grow smarter and faster, new defensive AI capabilities are stepping up, turning the battle for digital security into a race of autonomous minds.
As the government freeze stalls new issues, pent-up demand may spark a flurry of activity once the IPO market reopens.
Voya’s investment leaders debate the Fed rate cycle, policy questions, and the widening effect of AI’s massive, global buildout.