Markets have narrowed sharply around a single theme: AI hardware bottlenecks, amplified by the launch of AI agents and scaled-up capex plans. Concentration and single-theme exuberance typically precede a durable broadening, with value dispersion narrowing and the style outperforming even as industry outcomes widen through disruption. Markets are at a turning point where the valuation extremes are set to unwind, and the next cycle’s winners will look very different from previous decades. Allocators seeking diversification and protection should rebalance toward fundamental value in global equity portfolios.

Vihari Ross

Investors should challenge what value means in today's evolving market and think pragmatically about how value co-exists alongside other accretive factors, thereby uncovering opportunities that challenge the traditional definition.

Vihari Ross | 0.50 CE

The best response for investors pondering a future that is always VUCA is to ground their decisions in investment basics. In short, look for mispriced quality companies.

Vihari Ross | 0.25 CE

The best chance for survival among what were regarded as the most defensive of stocks is to be the biggest, most revered brand – or at least hold second spot. Others will struggle and many will disappear.

Vihari Ross | 0.25 CE