April 2026 Newsletter

Federal Student Loans: How Much Do Borrowers Owe? See a distribution of federal student loan borrowers by outstanding loan balance. More Details Be Storm Smart: How to Prepare for Extreme Weather While you can’t control the forecast, you can control how prepared...

Why Oil Prices Matter Less — But Still Move Headline Inflation

PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION Lower oil “intensity” — less oil used per dollar of economic output — means energy shocks have a smaller impact on growth than in past decades. And from the supply side, the U.S. is now a net exporter of petroleum products. Because we produce...

Navigating Market Volatility During the Iran Crisis

Last Edited by: LPL Research Last Updated: March 09, 2026 PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION In our 2026 Outlook: The Policy Engine, we listed several risks to stocks that could prevent the S&P 500 from achieving our forecast for high-single-digit returns in 2026 (to a fair...

How LPL Research Thinks About Dividends

Last Edited by: LPL Research Last Updated: March 02, 2026 PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION Dividend strategies, a.k.a. equity income strategies, have outperformed to start the year, owing to the value-led cyclical rotation we are seeing in domestic equity markets. Looking...

LPL Research’s 2026 Strategic Asset Allocation

Last Edited by: LPL Research Last Updated: February 23, 2026 PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION LPL Research’s Strategic Asset Allocation (SAA) sits at the center of our portfolio construction process because it defines how we expect diversified portfolios to generate more...