Navigating Resilience in Record-Breaking Equity Markets

Schroders’ equity specialists explore the forces sustaining global stock market highs and strategies for long-term resilience.

• Retail investors’ persistent dip-buying contrasts with more cautious institutional positioning, fuelling momentum in large-cap and thematic stocks.

• Market breadth remains narrow but shows early signs of improvement, potentially creating more opportunities for active managers.

• Quality stocks may lag in the short term but offer potential for outperformance in downturns, with select emerging markets offering fiscal and demographic advantages.

Discover how evolving market breadth and shifting capital flows could shape equity opportunities in the months ahead.