Ignore geopolitics to the peril of portfolios

David Bridges, Fidelity Investments  |  Marko Papic, Clocktower Group  |  03 March 2021 |  0.50 CE

The days when investors and corporate decision-makers could succeed without much understanding of geopolitics are over. Portfolio construction practitioners must stop relying on news flow for their political analysis, and instead go back to the drawing board and focus systematically on the constraints facing global policymakers, in order to successfully extract the implications for portfolios.

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David Bridges

David Bridges is Senior Geopolitical & Security Adviser with Fidelity Investments (Boston...

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