Unpacking the US Investment Outlook

In today’s fast-moving investment landscape, we believe staying ahead means looking beyond the headlines—understanding how powerful structural shifts like AI disruption can reshape markets, alongside ongoing geopolitical volatility. In this edition of L&G Talks, Jason Shoup (US CIO), Jason Becker (Head of US Credit Strategy), Anthony Woodside (Head of Multi-Sector Fixed Income & Investment Strategy), and Dan Dreher (Solution Strategist) joined us for our first US-based conversation. They helped us unpack L&G’s Q2 US Investment Outlook, discussing: Why AI disruption may be the bigger, longer-lasting market force than episodic geopolitical shocks Insights into fixed income markets, including our base-case outlook for rates and spreads over the next quarter Where AI buildout spending is creating private credit opportunities—and the red flags to watch for How we think about AI-related opportunities in equities