We’ve gathered outlooks from 30 top investment firms

Still feeling that January glow? We’ve rounded up 30 market outlooks to help you turn optimism into better investing decisions.
Anna Dadic

Livewire Markets

We are only a week into the new year and for a lot of us, the resolutions we put in place are still holding on bravely, and we are still brimming with that very January-specific brand of optimism (before the ups, downs, trivialities, and grind of daily life really takes hold and batters our freshly forged promises and goals…but I digress.)

With that in mind, there’s no better time than now to build resilience and good habits, and to be armed with the knowledge to face whatever the year ahead may bring. And when it comes to investing, whether you’re a newbie or a seasoned campaigner, the more you know, the better - to be forewarned is to be forearmed. 

Below is a compilation of 30 Australian and global market and economic outlook statements for the year ahead from the major investment banks, fund managers, private credit firms, and ETF providers. 

They should, if nothing else, inform you what the state of the world looks like and how you can position yourself and your portfolio accordingly. Undoubtedly, there will also be some investment ideas buried in them.  

1. Alliance Bernstein - Equity Outlook 2026: Mapping a New Spectrum of Return Drivers
2. Antipodes - Podcast: Best ideas for 2026 from 5 Antipodes sector PMs
3. Ausbil Investment Management - Ausbil Equity Market Outlook for 2026
4. Betashares - End of year summary and outlook for 2026
5. BlackRock - 2026 Global Outlook: Pushing Limits
6. Brookfield - 2026 Investment Outlook 
7. ClearBridge - U.S. Equity Outlook: Resilience to Keep Bull Market Intact
8. Fidelity International - Outlook 2026 The Age of Alpha
9. First Sentier Investors - Where are investment markets headed in 2026?

10. Franklin Templeton Investments - Global Investment Outlook 2026
11. Goldman Sachs - Investment Outlook 2026: Seeking Catalysts Amid Complexity
12. Impax Asset Management - Impax Outlook 2026
13. Janus Henderson - Market GPS: Investment Outlook 2026
14. J.P. Morgan Asset Management - 2026 Year-Ahead Investment Outlook
15. KKR - High Grading: Outlook for 2026
16. Lazard Asset Management - Global Outlook 2026
17. Macquarie Asset Management - Unlocking alpha in disruptive times
18. Magellan Investment Partners - Forward Look: Six themes that matter most for listed infrastructure investors in 2026
19. Metrics Credit Partners - Six Trends for Private Credit  in 2026
20. Morgan Stanley - 2026 Equity Outlook
21. Morningstar - 2026 Global Outlook Report
22. Munro Partners - Podcast: Wrapping up the year that was and looking at the year ahead
23. Natixis Investment Managers - 2026 Institutional Outlook Survey: Markets move to the beat of uncertainty
24. Neuberger Berman - Solving for 2026
25. PIMCO - Charting the Year Ahead: Investment Ideas for 2026
26. Schroders - Investment Outlook 2026
27. State Street Investment Management - Global Market Outlook 2026: Forward with focus
28. T. Rowe Price - 2026 Global Market Outlook: Minds, machines and market shifts
29. UBS - Year Ahead 2026: Escape Velocity?
30. Yarra Capital Management - The 2026 Outlook Series

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Anna Dadic
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