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Geopolitics
48 posts
Hubert Marleau: In Profits We Trust
by Hubert Marleau, Market Economist, Palos Management Last week I wrote: “I’m still maintaining my year-end 7925 target…
Markets at the Crossroads: What J.P. Morgan's 4Q 2026 Guide Tells Advisors Now
J.P. Morgan Asset Management's latest Guide to the Markets 1 (U.S., 4Q 2026, as of September 30, 2026)…
The Conviction Gap: What Most Advisor Portfolios Are Missing at the Core
Most advisor portfolios mistake active weight for manager conviction. Franklin Templeton's five-factor core equity suite fixes that, starting with a proprietary conviction signal that extracts what managers actually believe.
The Architecture of Currency Markets: What Advisors and Investors Need to Know
The foreign exchange market is the largest financial market on Earth, and also one of the most misunderstood.…
The Sea as a Theatre of War: What Maritime Risk Means for Markets
The conversation about global trade disruption has been dominated by tariffs for several years. A new report from…
Stock Market’s Wall of Worry Gets Taller
LPL Research explores how geopolitical tensions, higher interest rates, and AI investment are adding to the stock market’s wall of worry.
Investors are Watching Oil, Geopolitics and AI, but Mostly Growth
by Hubert Marleau, Market Economist, Palos Management Last week I wrote: “For sure, the market has been wacky…
A Hawkish Fed, a Two-Speed China, and the Thread That Connects Them
by Dr. Jeffrey Roach, Chief Economist, LPL Research Washington's inflation fight and Beijing's growth problem are pulling the…
Looking Back, Looking Ahead (September 7, 2026)
The Bond Market Is Talking. Is Anyone Listening? The week ahead arrives with a cluster of data points…
David Wong: Anything Can Happen — 3 Decades of Market Crises Shaped This $400B CIO's Playbook
Listen on The Move What do electricity, a forgotten 1920s financier, and Bobby Orr have to do…
China's Gold Chase: Strategy, Not Speculation
When Chinese President Xi Jinping tells Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez that "the international order is crumbling into…
Defense, Space, and the Rise of the Neo Prime
Kirsten Bartok Touw, co-Founder and Managing Partner at New Vista Capitall, on investing at the intersection of geopolitics, technology, and private markets.
The Cartographer Returns: Reading MUFG's Atlas of 2026
Maps that matter for markets in 2026
Canadian Energy ETFs Rally on Gulf Standoff, But Flows Tell a More Complicated Story
Canadian energy funds staged their strongest week in months last week, with the sector rising 5.45% and extending…
Energy, China, AI, and the Calls Nobody Else Made
Listen on The Move The anonymous analyst who predicted Carney's election and energy pivot, China's solar collapse,…
The Ground Has Shifted: Meketa's Mid-Year Macro Reckoning
What began as a framework organized around four familiar themes has become something considerably more urgent. When Meketa…