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Regional Bank Update

When any turmoil arises, as it has in the banking sector this year, we begin our analysis with a deep risk assessment. Our conclusion: While we are not actively increasing the overall exposure to banks in our U.S. value equity portfolios, we continue to use the market’s short-term volatility as an opportunity to potentially upgrade the quality of the portfolios’ holdings. This article is featured on William Blair Investment Management's Active Never Rests site.

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Are Cracks Beginning to Form in Commercial Real Estate?

With heightened scrutiny following the recent SVB turmoil, investors are starting to look for other potential areas where credit stress may emerge. One such area is the CRE market. Although, currently there are several mitigating circumstances which suggest we may not be re-entering a 2008 environment just yet.

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Is a Fed Pivot in the Cards?

With the next Fed meeting still a few weeks away, we look at the recent messaging from Fed Chair Powell to decipher how they are trying to pull rate expectations higher and dissuade the market from prematurely pricing in a pivot.

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Will 2023 Be the Year of the Great Reveal?

While financial markets continue to make adjustments to future growth expectations, what will next year’s “great reveal” of earnings results unveil? See what three factors we will be keeping an eye on in 2023.

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Private Wealth Market Review and Outlook

With the collapse of SVB (as well as Signature Bank and the forced merger of the systemically important Credit Suisse with UBS) sucking most of the oxygen out of the room during March, it is easy to forget exactly what was happening through January and February, which, looking back, seems like ages ago now.

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Economics Weekly

Insights from Richard de Chazal, CFA, William Blair Equity Research's macroeconomist, covering the U.S. economy and financial markets.

05/26: And Now for the Inventory Correction
05/19: What Past Easing Cycles Tell Us About the Future
05/12: The Banking System—Not Out of the Woods Just Yet
05/05: The Employment Situation

Richard de Chazal

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