Geopolitics

たとえイランが協議を再開しようとしても、米国にはその核プログラムを解体する絶好の機会があります。戦術的には、投資家は短期的にS&Pよりも国債を、防御セクターよりも景気循環セクターを、エネルギー株よりも景気循環株を、そして欧州株よりも米国株を選好すべきです。

イスラエルによるイランへの攻撃は、イランが地域の石油供給を攻撃し、アメリカがイスラエルを抑制するよう強制されるまで継続するでしょう。しかし、それがうまくいかない可能性もあります。投資家は、紛争が経済全体に及ぼすより広範な影響に備えるべきです。

Investors should hold gold, build up some cash, tactically overweight US equities relative to global, and prepare for at least minor oil supply shocks – possibly major shocks – as the Israel-Iran war escalates.

Bond market volatility will spike again in the near term. The Fed is committed to an easing cycle yet the Trump administration’s signature fiscal policy action will stimulate the economy. Tariffs are supposed to keep the budget deficit contained but they are inflationary. 

In our Beta report, we focus on our decade view. Many of our global allocator clients are scrambling to incorporate geopolitics into their strategic asset allocation. For most, this means thinking about war… or about future end-states. This is a mistake. We consider the next five years (maybe a decade) as the transition to the new era, a transition away from American unipolarity. And the transition itself is investment relevant. A transition to a multipolar world – which we think is occurring – will crush the USD and favor non-US assets. A transition to a bipolar world – not our base case, but still possible – would do the opposite.