Recent developments in the Middle East are a stark reminder that geopolitical tension can, almost overnight, translate into energy insecurity, trade disruptions, inflationary costs, and heightened financial uncertainty. These changes affect not just the general economic climate, but the very core of strategic and investment decisions: the way boards, investment committees, and senior executives evaluate …
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Trust Economics’ advice on creating resilient portfolios and hedging strategies
With 2026 just around the corner, Trust Economics offers useful strategies to enhance portfolio resilience, effectively manage risk and maximize returns in an ever-evolving world. Trust Economics’ advice focuses on the need to create a strong “core” in a portfolio and the importance of diversification and hedging strategies to ensure long-term growth and stability. The …
China is the leading shadow lender to the Developed Economies
A report released Tuesday, November 18, 2025, by the AidData research arm of the University of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, comes to the startling conclusion that the United States is the largest recipient of loans from China. The report, titled “Chasing China: Learning to Play by Beijing’s Global Lending Rules“, found that 1,193 …
Four reasons why gold is considered a safe haven investment today
Markets are facing an environment of high uncertainty and rising risks, which naturally reinforce the demand for gold as an investment haven. The threats to portfolios are everywhere and are unlikely to recede in the near future. The dominant financial orthodoxy in the United States continues to revolve around the dollar, comparing it exclusively to …
How did hedged portfolios outperform traditional index funds?
For decades, index investing was considered the “holy grail” of the financial community: safe, efficient, and low-cost. But the reality of recent years has shown that traditional index funds are no longer the only or best option. “Hedged portfolios” have proven to be more flexible, more resilient, and, in many cases, much more efficient than …
Gold is one of the best investments ever
It’s time to talk about gold as an investment. The precious metal has been in the headlines recently as its price has skyrocketed from $2,300 per ounce to around $3,500 per ounce. The chart is quite impressive, as the price of gold has been rising almost every month for over a year. “So what?” …
Trump’s Political Victory with Trade Deals
Trump’s April 2 “Liberation Day” tariff announcement sparked sharp volatility in U.S. government debt and equity markets, with the S&P 500 index falling as much as 15% and borrowing costs rising. Markets have stabilized after Trump suspended most of the retaliatory tariffs, but concerns remain that the president’s policy changes could dampen foreign investor enthusiasm …
Global economic turmoil and geopolitical crisis since the Chinese recession
China is teetering on the brink of recession — excluding the Covid era, for the first time since 2008 — as new data showed industrial production shrank for a fourth straight month while new orders data was particularly weak. The above data are indications that China’s economic model, which was based on Simply put, weak …
The scenario that led to a bullish rally in Gold and Bitcoin
Investors, watching dark clouds loom over the global economy due to ongoing geopolitical upheavals, are hedging: Gold continued to break record prices on Friday, March 8, trading at $2,183 an ounce, and this was accompanied by from a more dramatic Bitcoin rally. Gold outperformed Bitcoin in 2020 and 2021, during the Covid crisis. This time …
$45 trillion investment storm in the Global South from the BRICS
BRICS member states have reached a combined investment potential of $45 trillion – shifting the balance of power in the global economy by bringing the Global South to the fore. After the official enlargement of the bloc at the beginning of 2024, the alliance acquires the guarantees to become an economic superpower directly threatening the …