Geopolitical alpha ain’t where it used to be!

Marko Papic  |  Clocktower Group  |  17 August 2022  |  0.75 CE

Investors should ignore media-hyped narratives, insights from “smoke-filled rooms” and political consultants and, instead, focus exclusively on the measurable, material constraints facing policymakers. In the tug-of-war between policymaker preferences and their constraints, the latter always win out in the end. With geopolitical tensions on the rise, portfolio construction practitioners need a framework for making sense of the cacophony of geopolitical risks with the eye towards generating investment-relevant insights.

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