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If there is one phrase that appears in nearly every endowment conversation, it is “long-term.” We use it in board presentations. We put it in investment policy statements. We repeat it to reassure stakeholders during volatile markets.
The U.S. economy looks closer to a “soft landing” than it has in years. Inflation is cooling toward target, unemployment is holding steady, and growth has picked back up after a sluggish end to 2025. Large-cap tech and AI-linked equities are still leading equity markets, while bonds, long unreliable as a hedge during the inflation shock, are quietly reclaiming their role as portfolio ballast. For investors, this feels like a regime shift worth paying attention to.
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U.S. equities entered 2026 near record highs, supported by resilient earnings, moderating but uneven inflation, and a gradual Federal Reserve easing cycle that increasingly resembles past “soft-landing” environments, periods when policy loosens without tipping the economy into recession.
U.S. equities ended 2025 near record highs, supported by another quarter of solid earnings and a macro backdrop still shaped by gradual Fed easing, moderating inflation, and resilient labor markets. Importantly, much of this year’s equity performance was driven by earnings growth rather than valuation expansion, particularly in technology and AI-linked sectors.
