Standard Chartered Money Insights

Through the Noise: Outlook 2026 mini podcast series – Outlook 2026: Blowing bubbles?

Standard Chartered Bank

Steve discusses the CIO Office 2026 outlook, why we expect equities and gold to outperform and why we believe equities and the AI theme are not in a bubble. He advocates diversifying equities across regions, preferring US and Asia ex-Japan, adding Emerging Market bonds, and Alternative assets to balance risk and capture opportunities in the year ahead.

Read our accompany report to find out more https://www.sc.com/en/uploads/sites/66/content/docs/wm-global-market-outlook-blowing-bubbles-12-dec…

Speakers: 
- Steve Brice, Global Chief Investment Officer, Standard Chartered Bank