• IEQ Capital Q2 2026 market outlook flagged rising volatility as geopolitical risk feeds through to oil prices, complicating an otherwise constructive growth backdrop supported by fiscal stimulus, earlier monetary easing, AI investment, defense spending.
• Energy-driven inflation risk could delay central bank easing, while AI-led productivity gains support earnings but raise near-term labor market tensions.
• Public equities viewed as constructive but more volatile as cycle matures, with opportunity broadening beyond concentrated large-cap technology after valuation resets.
• Fixed income setup improved in longer-duration, higher-quality bonds as markets may be overpricing persistence of inflation shocks, with an upward-sloping yield curve boosting carry.
• Private markets emphasis shifted to selectivity, citing tighter credit spreads, rising idiosyncratic risk, secondaries interest on discounted valuations, venture activity accelerating around AI with IPO pipeline seen as liquidity test.

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