Markets Edition: Geopolitics in the Driver’s Seat
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Global equity markets show resilience and recovery reaching all-time highs despite commodity disruptions driven by positive tech sector earnings
- Investors are advised to adopt a quality and defensive investment strategy with a current overweight preference for U.S. equities in global portfolios
- Downside geopolitical risks are receding signaling potential downward trends for commodity prices making the upcoming earnings season critical
Beata Manthey, Head of European Equity Strategy, sits down with Senior Equity Strategist David Groman to discuss the tension between geopolitical uncertainties and an impressive recovery for risk sentiment that's sent equity markets back to all-time highs.
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Beata Manthey, Head of European Equity Strategy
Beata Manthey is Head of European Equity Strategy in Citi Research. She joined Citi in 2007 as a Global Equity Strategist. Beata is part of a team that focuses on broader equity market issues. Prior to joining Citi, she worked at the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development.
David Groman, Senior Global Equity Strategy
David Groman is a Director on the Global Equity Strategy team at Citi Research. Prior to joining Citi in 2021, he served as a Financial Economist at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. He has also worked as a cross-asset macro strategist at Goldman Sachs in New York.
