Dr. Elliot Hentov - State Street Global Advisors | Tao of Chao 05

Join Philip Chao as he welcomes Dr. Elliot Hentov, Chief Geopolitical Strategist, and head of macro policy research at State Street Global Advisors, to discuss geopolitics and its impact on the global financial markets. From the changing dynamics between major powers to the challenges of portfolio construction in a multipolar world, should we still consider investing in foreign markets? 

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Chapters

• 0:00 Cold Open
• 0:37 Show Open
• 0:57 Dr. Elliot Hentov — Head of Macro Policy Research at State Street Global Partners in London
• 2:07 Geopolitics 2023 — unipolar vs multipolar world order, global uncertainty, "slowblization"
• 4:25 Assessing emerging market portfolio investing
• 7:14 Pricing investment risk in an uncertain world
• 11:52 Low-rate environment vs market technology advantage
• 14:06 Emergence of European markets from a tough decade and headwinds
• 18:30 Winners and losers of global economic fracturing and realignment
• 22:12 Does China belong in the emerging market index (EM Index)
• 27:28 Does China REALLY need US Dollars
• 28:33 Staying informed when assessing portfolio risk exposure
• 29:35 Risk assessment example: potential Taiwan conflict
• 31:05 "Profoundly changed" world, risk and volatility
• 34:18 Will SWIFT sanctions destabilize US Dollar dominance
• 41:19 Reality check: China gold rush
• 43:13 Differences: trading currency vs reserve currency
• 44:29 Conclusion