Category: Macro Market Movers

LPL Research explores the benefits of Unified Managed Accounts (UMAs) and how building block model portfolios can help drive client success.

LPL Research discusses falling oil supports optimism, but persistent inflation keeps the Fed cautious — leaving markets caught between improving trends and policy risk.

Municipal bonds often benefit from summer supply-demand shifts, as reinvestment flows and lighter issuance create a seasonal tailwind for prices and returns.

LPL Research observes shrinking Chinese oil imports, suggesting supply shifts that are contributing to softer global oil prices.

LPL Research explains investment manager pairings as a portfolio construction tool that may increase the consistency of performance relative to benchmarks.

The 2026 World Cup shifts from concentrated spending to a more diversified economic model, with impacts spread across regions, industries, and cities.

LPL’s Weekly Market Performance for the week of June 8, 2026, highlights choppy geopolitical and AI-driven trading, bond market moves, and inflation data.

LPL Research summarizes the current positioning of the managed futures industry.

LPL’s Weekly Market Performance for the week of June 1, 2026, highlights geopolitical tensions, AI earnings, and economic data that rippled across markets.

LPL Research discusses how oil markets are interpreting a potential U.S.-Iran deal, and the near-term path for oil markets and supplies.