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The Hidden Risk in U.S. Equity Markets: Why Foreign Investors May Pull Back in 2026
While American investors celebrated strong portfolio returns in 2025—16.4% from the S&P 500 plus exceptional international gains—few recognized a troubling undercurrent: foreign investors experienced vastly different results from U.S. equities. The dollar’s 9.4% decline transformed what domestic investors saw as a solid year into a disappointment for international allocators. This reversal from 2024’s dynamics could…
Read MoreA Historic Shift in Global Equity Markets: Q3 2025 Capital Market Assumptions
As we close out the third quarter of 2025, FinMason’s latest Capital Market Assumptions reveal a watershed moment in global equity markets—one that should fundamentally reshape how investors think about portfolio construction and geographic diversification. A Ten-Year First: North American Equities Below 2% For the first time since we began running our long-term linear regression…
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