We believe the energy supply shocks of the 2020s will ultimately prove no less revolutionary for financial markets than their 50-year-old cousins did. Much like the First and Second World Wars culminated in the localization of steel production, over the next two decades, we believe that the shocks of the 2020s will accelerate the use of alternative energy sources for economically critical energy needs.
After a historic year of outperformance, what’s next for Latin American markets in 2026? Will these traditional “hot money” markets give back their gains or is this a turning point for these former investor darlings turned market minnows?
45 years of de facto Fed independence appears increasingly at risk. President Trump has already installed one Fed Governor, is attempting (possibly illegally) to dismiss another, and has triggered market speculation about his ability or willingness to even dismiss the Chairman. What does this mean for markets?
For the past 15 years, global investors’ default positioning was to hold U.S. Dollars as the most obvious choice of non-domestic currencies (and maybe most obvious overall choice) and when investing outside their own equity markets, to look first to the U.S.
America – or at least the Trump Administration – and Europe are clearly seeing the world differently these days.
