BlackRock maintains that US assets should remain central to global portfolios, despite recent market volatility and Moody’s downgrade of US government debt. In its May 19, 2025, Weekly Investment Commentary, the firm highlights robust US equity performance—particularly in technology sectors driven by artificial intelligence—as a key factor supporting this stance.
“We can no longer anchor views around a single base case and, as we’ve long argued, static allocations don’t work in the post-pandemic world. That is why we’re developing multiple sets of long-run capital market assumptions for the first time,” says Vivek Paul, Global Head of Portfolio Research at BlackRock Investment Institute.
Read the full commentary here.
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