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GeoMacro (macro-geopolitical research)

Turn geopolitical uncertainty into market conviction.

Ongoing geopolitical research from a dedicated strategist team, built on a constraints-based framework, so you can price political risk and position ahead of consensus.

The GeoMacro Edge

From political reality to portfolio positioning.

GeoMacro assesses how conflicts, elections, and trade policy could affect markets. Its constraints-based framework examines what political leaders can realistically do and translates that analysis into investment implications.
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A proprietary geopolitical framework

A proprietary geopolitical framework

Move beyond political commentary.

A constraints-based approach evaluates what policymakers and political actors can realistically do. By connecting geopolitics, policy, macro, and markets, it surfaces what markets may be mispricing.
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Structured scenarios, not opinions

Structured scenarios grounded in analysis

Replace uncertainty with probability-weighted conviction.

Explicit scenarios, likelihoods, timelines, and portfolio implications give you what you need to size positions, manage risk, and act with greater confidence.
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From mispricing to positioning

From mispricing to positioning

Identify opportunities before consensus catches up.

GeoMacro identifies gaps between political reality and market expectations and translates them into positioning across asset classes, regions, sectors, and themes.

“Investing in today’s markets without properly incorporating geopolitics is like trying to land a plane without modern instrumentation. It can be done, but why risk it?”  

Marko Papic, Chief Investment Strategist & Head of GeoMacro, BCA

See It For Yourself

Latest research from GeoMacro.

A sample of recent GeoMacro reports, refreshed as our strategists publish.

The Framework In Practice

Hear the framework in the strategists' own words.

Marko Papic and Matt Gertken explain how they assess political constraints and what their conclusions mean for portfolio positioning.

The point of GeoMacro.

Marko Papic, Chief Investment Strategist and Head of GeoMacro, on separating political noise from what constraints actually allow.

Reading the geopolitical cycle.

Matt Gertken, Head of GeoMacro, on turning scenarios and timelines into positioning across markets.

Who It's For

Built for investors and allocators who can no longer ignore politics.

GeoMacro helps investors assess how supply shocks, conflicts, trade policy, and elections affect short-term positioning and long-term allocations.

Asset managers

Multi-asset shops positioning across regions.

Teams that need timely, actionable geopolitical conclusions with direct implications for positioning, hedging, and risk management.

Hedge funds & multi-strategy

Investors trading the inflection points.

Fast-moving desks that need a clear read on catalysts as events develop, with the timelines and probabilities to trade them.

Allocators, asset owners & family offices

Long-horizon allocators navigating multipolarity.

Sovereign wealth funds, pensions, and family offices that need a clear, non-partisan view they can explain and defend.

WHAT YOU RECEIVE

Everything in GeoMacro.

  • Probability-weighted scenarios and market implications
  • Geopolitical risk and mispricing analysis
  • Investment conclusions drawn from geopolitical developments
  • Actionable positioning guidance across markets
  • Timely insight on market-moving political events
  • Direct access to GeoMacro strategists

What Success Looks Like

Act early, and back it up later.

  • See it sooner. 

    Spot where political reality and market prices have drifted apart, while there is still time to act on it.

  • Put it to work. 

    Carry each call through to a concrete view on what to own, what to fund it with, and what to hedge.

  • Act with conviction. 

    Assess potential trades using explicit probabilities, timelines, and market implications.

  • Defend it in the room. 

    Explain the reasoning to an investment committee, a board, or a client without falling back on opinion.

The team behind GeoMacro.

The strategists who turn geopolitical analysis into positioning you can act on. Click any name for their full bio.
Explore The Platform Suite

Where GeoMacro fits.

GeoMacro is the geopolitical lens on a connected research suite. Each platform adds depth by mandate, all built on the same independent macro framework.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

GeoMacro is BCA's macro-geopolitical research platform. A dedicated strategist team publishes ongoing reports, scenarios, and positioning views that translate politics, policy, and geopolitics into market implications, so you get continuously updated analysis rather than a one-time framework or a raw data feed.

The constraints-based framework analyzes what political actors can realistically do, given the economic, institutional, and political limits they face, rather than what they say they want to do. It is the method BCA's strategists apply to separate market-moving signal from political noise.

GeoMacro is the geopolitical lens of BCA's platform suite, focused on how politics, elections, conflict, and trade policy move markets. The other platforms cover their own mandates, such as core macro strategy or fixed income, and all six are built on the same independent research framework.

GeoMacro is built to be actionable. Each call pairs probability-weighted scenarios, likelihoods, and timelines with explicit positioning implications across asset classes, regions, sectors, and themes, so you can size and defend a position rather than act on a headline or an opinion.

GeoMacro is built for institutional investors and allocators whose positioning is exposed to political risk: asset managers positioning across regions, hedge funds trading catalysts and inflection points, and asset owners and family offices making long-horizon allocation decisions in a multipolar world.

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