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308
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Jun 2026
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The Global Market Strategy team brings a fresh look at what matters for the economy, markets, and a multi-asset portfolio. Tune in for a weekly dose of what’s driving portfolio decision-making at New York Life Investment Management.
For years, some of the market’s most important companies have stayed private. In this episode of Market Matters, Julia Hermann and Michael LoGalbo discuss how a new wave of mega-cap IPOs could affect benchmark exposure, passive flows, liquidity, and concentration risk.
Tech is delivering, diplomacy is wavering, and markets are trying to price both. Julia Hermann and Michael LoGalbo unpack the June Macro Pulse, from AI-driven earnings strength and resilient U.S. growth to geopolitical risk, higher yields, and what it means to be more selective in portfolios.
Tokenization is often associated with digital assets, but its greatest potential may lie in transforming financial market structure. In this episode of Market Matters, Julia Hermann and Sarah Hirsch speak with Tom Sy, Head of New York Life Investment Management’s Multi-Asset Solutions team, about how tokenization could reshape ownership, settlement, and investment product capabilities over time.
The market broadened, but profitability leadership still matters. On Market Matters, Julia Hermann and Sarah Hirsch discuss Q1 earnings, AI-related capex, margin resilience, and the risks that could make the earnings picture less uniformly positive from here.
Markets are focused on near-term inflation, even as U.S. debt has crossed 100% of GDP. In this episode of Market Matters, Julia Hermann and Sarah Hirsch explore what this disconnect means for the Treasury curve and why they see a potential shift toward steepening ahead.
Markets are showing resilience, but rising geopolitical risk and policy divergence are reshaping the investment landscape. Julia Hermann and Michael LoGalbo break down the latest Macro Pulse report and what it means for portfolios.
Equity markets are holding near highs even as geopolitical risks remain elevated. Julia Hermann and Sarah Hirsch are joined by Candriam’s Emile Gagna to discuss how the Iran conflict is shaping markets and global growth.
AI is moving fast, but its macro impact is still unfolding. Julia Hermann and Michael LoGalbo are joined by Steve Friedman, Senior Macroeconomist at MacKay Shields, to explore how competing AI-led forces across productivity, labor markets, and policy may shape inflation and investment outcomes.
Markets have been moving quickly. In this week’s Market Matters, Julia Hermann and Sarah Hirsch break down how Iran, inflation, and private credit are driving the macro narrative, and what that means for growth, policy, and portfolios.
Geopolitical tensions are moving into the core macro outlook, with energy markets, inflation, and policy all increasingly interconnected. Tune in as Julia Hermann and Michael LoGalbo break down how their base case has evolved and what it means for portfolios.
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