Research area

Capital Markets

Capital markets determine which strategies survive contact with funding costs, liquidity stress, risk premia, and the price of time.

Allocation layer · System in view

Funding costs, liquidity, leverage, risk premia, and the price signals that decide which strategies survive.

Markets are treated as a strategic sensor: they reveal stress, mispricing, and constraint before it becomes visible in output data.

What this theme watches
  1. What the market is actually pricing
  2. Where leverage is changing behavior
  3. When capital costs alter institutional choices
Memo

Regime Change, Quietly

Kevin Warsh was installed to cut interest rates, but his first month at the Federal Reserve signaled something larger, and more disciplined.

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All work in Capital Markets

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Report

The Capital Layer of Deterrence

The proposed Defense, Security and Resilience Bank shows how sovereign guarantees, capital markets, and industrial capacity are becoming the connective tissue of allied security.

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Jun 30, 2026
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16 min
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Memo

Regime Change, Quietly

Kevin Warsh was installed to cut interest rates, but his first month at the Federal Reserve signaled something larger, and more disciplined.

Date
Jun 24, 2026
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Free
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9 min
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Report

Depth, Speed, Duration

Three shocks, three mechanisms, and why the next downturn will be measured against the wrong yardstick.

Date
Jun 20, 2026
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Free
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10 min
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Report

China's Magnet Monopoly

Rare-earth access turns ore into strategic leverage.

Date
May 15, 2026
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Free
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21 min
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Report

Betting on the Index

Passive flows have built the most concentrated S&P 500 on record.

Date
May 1, 2026
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Free
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19 min

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Latest update in this area: The Capital Layer of Deterrence.