January 2026 top papers

Top 10 papers for January 2026

We present the best-performing papers from January 2026 by number of downloads

Cooking Up Sharpe: A Recipe for Portfolio Construction (Man Group)

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The quality of a dish lies in its recipe. Man explains why portfolio construction follows the same principle.

Multi-Asset Credit Investing: A Quantitative Framework (Nuveen)

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From high yield to private credit, institutional investors now face more than 20 sectors, each with different characteristics. How do you build an optimal portfolio across this landscape?

4 Investing Ideas for 2026 from Great Money Minds (Morningstar Indexes)

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The Morningstar Indexes team interviewed an array of portfolio managers, strategists, and economists. Several common themes emerged from the interviews. As investors think about portfolio positioning for 2026, here are a few ideas the team found compelling.

Alternative Alpha: Edition 2025/26 (UBS AM)

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Explore UBS AM's semi-annual insights into alternatives.

2026 Crypto Market Outlook (Coinbase Institutional)

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Exploring the key themes for crypto markets in 2026 including regulatory progress, market and technology trends, and more.

Market Signals and Shifts: What to Watch in 2026 (State Street)

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State Street draws on its proprietary data to address pressing questions shaping global markets in 2026.

More Growth, Less Heat (UBS AM)

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To start 2026, risks to consensus growth forecasts are skewed to the upside. Strong balance sheets, easy financial conditions, more accommodative fiscal policy, and fading tariff effects underpin this outlook.

Executive Summary: 2025 Year-End Review & 2026 Outlook (Fisher Investments)

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A late-year rally brought global stocks’ returns near all-time highs. Numerous countries set new records as years of U.S. dominance gave way to non-U.S. outperformance, evidence this bull market is fueled by much more than just big U.S. tech and tech-like stocks.

Greenland, Rare Earths, and Arctic Security (CSIS)

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Greenland is rich in natural resources including iron ore, graphite, tungsten, palladium, vanadium, zinc, gold, uranium, copper, and oil. But the resources attracting the most attention to the region are rare earth elements (REEs).

Global Investment Views - January 2026 (Amundi)

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The Global Investment Views (GIV) elaborates on the latest views, convictions and outlook of Amundi's Global CIOs, Investment Platforms and the Amundi Investment Institute.