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Could AI Become the Next Strait of Hormuz for Investors?

Just when you thought the Trump administration had surprised investors into a state of expecting anything, they went and restricted foreign access to Anthropic’s advanced AI models due to national security concerns. Whilst those restrictions were later lifted, the incident highlighted how trigger-happy the US Government has become when it comes to interpreting what’s in the country’s national interests, including across the free markets the US used to advocate for.

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16 July 2026

Introducing MOON: The Case for Space Tech

The global space industry is moving from episodic innovation to commercial scale. Falling launch costs, improving rocket reusability, and rising demand for satellite-enabled connectivity and data are changing the economics of space. Once a prestige domain defined by government-led missions, space is now an infrastructure layer for modern communications, geospatial intelligence, defence systems, and emerging compute applications.

Investment Themes ETF

8 July 2026

· Global X Research Team

· 9 MIN READ

The Winning and Losing Sectors Within the Australian Economy

Australia’s GDP rose 0.3% in the March quarter and 2.5% over the year. While that’s not recessionary, it’s hardly exuberant and was once again negative in per capita terms. The main headwinds are subdued household and government consumption, while adverse weather hampered mining production and exports. On a more positive note, there’s been a lift in business investment linked to data centre machinery and equipment.

Macro Investor Education Investment Themes

6 July 2026

· Simon Turner

· 6 MIN READ

The ETF Innovation Cycle: Why the Next Hot Fund May Warrant Caution

We all know the long list of benefits of investing in ETFs, but the passive fund boom has reached the stage where narratives can sometimes reign supreme. The risk is that the recent wave of ETF launches, particularly in thematic, single-stock, options-enhanced, and actively managed strategies, is partially shaped by investor demand for exposure to recent winners rather than enduring sources of return.

Investor Education ETF Investment Themes

13 May 2026

· Simon Turner

· 5 MIN READ

Introducing MOON: The Case for Space Tech

The global space industry is moving from episodic innovation to commercial scale. Falling launch costs, improving rocket reusability, and rising demand for satellite-enabled connectivity and data are changing the economics of space. Once a prestige domain defined by government-led missions, space is now an infrastructure layer for modern communications, geospatial intelligence, defence systems, and emerging compute applications.

Investment Themes ETF

8 July 2026

· Global X Research Team

· 9 MIN READ

The Winning and Losing Sectors Within the Australian Economy

Australia’s GDP rose 0.3% in the March quarter and 2.5% over the year. While that’s not recessionary, it’s hardly exuberant and was once again negative in per capita terms. The main headwinds are subdued household and government consumption, while adverse weather hampered mining production and exports. On a more positive note, there’s been a lift in business investment linked to data centre machinery and equipment.

Macro Investor Education Investment Themes

6 July 2026

· Simon Turner

· 6 MIN READ

The ETF Innovation Cycle: Why the Next Hot Fund May Warrant Caution

We all know the long list of benefits of investing in ETFs, but the passive fund boom has reached the stage where narratives can sometimes reign supreme. The risk is that the recent wave of ETF launches, particularly in thematic, single-stock, options-enhanced, and actively managed strategies, is partially shaped by investor demand for exposure to recent winners rather than enduring sources of return.

Investor Education ETF Investment Themes

13 May 2026

· Simon Turner

· 5 MIN READ

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Strategic Tailwinds: Why Momentum Investing is Not Performance Chasing

You may think of momentum as a basic strategy that involves buying whatever has gone up most recently. That would be unfair, though.

Investor Education ETF Managed Fund Investment Themes

4 May 2026

· Simon Turner

· 5 MIN READ

The Bigger Picture - May 2026

April confirmed what markets had begun to suspect: the global macro backdrop has changed. Higher geopolitical risk is now structurally entrenched. Markets have quickly adjusted to this unfortunate new reality across all asset classes. Geopolitical risk has reasserted itself as a primary driver of energy prices, inflation expectations, and capital flows. Investors still anchored to the old world of low inflation, cheap money, and frictionless globalisation risk being structurally mispositioned.

Investor Education Macro Investment Themes

3 May 2026

· Simon Turner

· 5 MIN READ

When Barriers Fall: What Easier Access Means for ETF and Fund Investors

Over the past decade, we’ve witnessed the barriers to investing falling one after another thanks to technology, regulatory change, and product innovation. As a result, a space that was once dominated by institutions and high-net-worth individuals has become radically accessible.

Investor Education Investment Themes

15 Apr 2026

· Simon Turner

· 6 MIN READ

The Bigger Picture April 2026

Buckle up. Markets are undergoing a structural shift. The era of easy gains driven by liquidity and exposure to US big tech appears to be fading. In its place is emerging a more selective environment defined by rising geopolitical risk, elevated inflationary pressures, and widening dispersion between companies, sectors, and asset classes.

Macro Investment Themes Investor Education

5 Apr 2026

· Simon Turner

· 5 MIN READ

Overvalued vs Undervalued Sectors in 2026: Where Smart Investors Are Reallocating Now

2026 is emerging as a year when it pays to understand what’s happening beneath the surface of markets. Whilst global equity markets have been weaker, there have been a number of consequential sectoral shifts behind the index headlines, some of which have insulated savvy investors from the broader weakness. Moreover, some of these shifts may be here to stay, determining the market outlook for the full year and beyond.

Macro Investor Education Investment Themes

2 Apr 2026

· Simon Turner

· 8 MIN READ

Investing in the Age of Discontent

If you’re a news reader, you’re probably feeling like the world is engulfed in a crisis with no end date in sight. It sure feels like that as bad story after bad story is channelled toward news consumers around the world. Take your pick of which one that matters most. Trump’s latest offensive tweet, the housing shortage, the cost of living, the system, the list goes on.

Macro Investment Themes Commodities ETF

4 Feb 2026

· Simon Turner

· 7 MIN READ

Inside the Global Liquidity Machine: Why Money Supply Keeps Expanding

You may have heard the term ‘rising money supply’ being bandied around as a key driver of global markets of late. It’s no exaggeration. If anything, most investors aren’t as aware of this market driver as they should be.

Macro Investment Themes Investor Education

2 Feb 2026

· Simon Turner

· 7 MIN READ

The Kind of Portfolio You Can Sleep Through a Market Crash With

There’s a particular kind of calm that comes from watching your portfolio during a violent market sell-off and feeling nothing. No urge to act. No creeping sense that something is broken. Just the knowledge that what you own was designed to survive moments like this.

Investor Education Asset Allocation Investment Themes

1 Feb 2026

· Simon Turner

· 7 MIN READ

The Cheapest Commodity in the World Right Now

For most of financial history, oil has been the beating heart of the global economy as it has fuelled transport, industry, and economic growth. But in early 2026, oil may well hold a less impressive title: the cheapest major commodity in the world. It’s currently trading at a price that defies historical patterns and conventional market wisdom.

Investment Themes Managed Fund ETF

29 Jan 2026

· Simon Turner

· 7 MIN READ

The Great Broadening Has Begun

Are you tired of hearing about the Magnificent Seven being the only investment game in town? That would be understandable since it’s the narrative that’s dominated global equity markets for many years now. It’s been the same outside of the U.S., including here in Australia. The Magnificent Seven have been driving the global equity markets to new highs, and international participation has been rising accordingly.

Investor Education Investment Themes Managed Fund ETF

22 Jan 2026

· Simon Turner

· 5 MIN READ

The Megatrends Here to Stay

Most of the world’s great investors are masters at identifying structural investment trends they can rely to drive their portfolio performance for decades rather than weeks. Whilst predicting the long term future is anything but easy, successfully identifying megatrends is likely to make your life as an investor a lot easier.

Investment Themes Macro ETF Investor Education

14 Jan 2026

· Simon Turner

· 8 MIN READ

2026 Investment Markets Outlook: A Narrow but Navigable Pathway Upwards

As the new year begins, the global economy is on a surprisingly resilient track, although the margin for policy error by governments and central bankers is narrow. With global inflation sticky but moderating and high developed-market government debt, central banks face an ever-finer line in their efforts to cut rates without reigniting inflation or destabilising bond markets.

Investor Education Investment Themes Managed Fund ETF

5 Jan 2026

· Simon Turner

· 16 MIN READ

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The Calm in the Storm: Finding Growth in Disruption

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Ben McVicar, Co-Head of Infrastructure and Portfolio Manager at Magellan Investment Partners explain that as powerful forces like AI and renewable energy reshape the global economy, infrastructure stands at the centre—providing stability while capturing transformative growth. From data networks to energy systems, these essential assets are driving productivity and decarbonisation alike, offering investors defensive growth in a world defined by secular innovation and structural change.

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