Morningstar: Geopolitical Tensions, Inflation Top List of Advisors’ Market Concerns

Published on October 5, 2026

This year’s survey of advisor sentiment showed less optimism about market conditions and a modest increase in the adoption of alternative investments.

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Economic Desiderata

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Each week I read hundreds of “desiderata” about finance and economics and the world, perhaps interesting in their own right, but when taken together offer a far more complete picture than focusing on one point. Today, we’re going to look at a lot of various data points and analysis, that when taken together give us a much clearer picture of the total world.

Price Of Happiness: Missing The Things That Matter

October 5, 2026
The “price of happiness” chart came around again recently, and the number attached to it was as confident as ever. One widely shared version, built from a Remitly analysis, ranked 50 countries. The measure: how close the average wage gets to the income where happiness supposedly “plateaus.”