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- Beyond the Numbers | Energy Equities: Perspectives for the Current Cycle | March 26, 2026
LPL Research offers perspective on energy equities, showing how capital discipline and subsector dynamics are shaping the current oil and gas investment cycle
- Weekly Market Commentary | Private Credit Under Pressure: Liquidity Mismatches in an AI-Disrupted Cycle | March 23, 2026
LPL Research examines recent private credit activity in the face of growing sophistication from AI.
- Rate and Credit View | Private Credit at a Crossroads: Stress, Liquidity, and the AI Disruption Cycle | March 2026
LPL Research explains how higher rates, AI disruption, and liquidity strains test private credit—plus safeguards, key risks, and actions investors should consider.
- Weekly Market Commentary | Why Oil Prices Matter Less — But Still Move Headline Inflation | March 16, 2026
LPL Research explains how America’s declining reliance on oil and rising geopolitical risks shape inflation, growth expectations, and volatility in 2026.
- Tactical Asset Allocation Guide | Staying the Course | March 10, 2026
LPL Research kept its overall market outlook steady for March, but upgraded industrials to overweight due to strong momentum and supportive fundamentals. Meanwhile, consumer discretionary was downgraded to underweight amid weak relative strength, consumer fatigue from higher oil prices, and stretched valuations. The committee still favors large caps and growth tilted exposure, expecting volatility but shallow pullbacks supported by earnings strength and anticipated Fed cuts.
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2026 Outlook: The Policy Engine
Outlook 2026: The Policy Engine By LPL Financial Research In 2025, we observed a market environment where fiscal and monetary policy decisions, rather than traditional business fundamentals, were the primary drivers of market direction. This shift means that policy...
Midyear Outlook 2025: Pragmatic Optimism, Measured Expectations
We started 2025 on a high note, although we acknowledged that “no market environment is ever permanent, and that change is always potentially around the corner.” Well change did come, and with it, volatility, perhaps in part because we assumed President Trump’s...