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Geopolitics
42 posts
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…
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.
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…
Black Gold Gets Crude Awakening
by Hubert Marleau, Market Economist, Palos Management Last week I wrote that: “the stock market was heading into…
The Minerals Beneath the Machine: What the IEA's 2026 Critical Minerals Outlook Means for Investors
The IEA's (International Energy Agency) Global Critical Minerals Outlook 20261 does not read like a research report. It…
The Energy Market's False Reprieve
Why a ceasefire changes the near-term mood but not the structural story
Crude awakening: The Iran conflict’s aftereffects will linger long after it’s over
Raymond James Senior Investment Strategist Pavel Molchanov examines the longer-term ripple effects of the US-Iran conflict
Ninepoint Partners’ Mid-Year Outlook 2026: Repricing the Future
A new regime has arrived. The consensus that began 2026 — inflation drifting back to target, central banks…
The Game Theory Behind Taiwan
by Frank Holmes, CEO, CIO, U.S. Global Investors I’ve long been a student of game theory, the branch…