About this episode

The episode discusses the misconceptions of global diversification in investment portfolios and explores new opportunities in the physical world driven by AI.

Your “global” portfolio might not be as global as you think. Many investors buy a world index believing they are diversified across the planet. But if a large chunk of that exposure is still concentrated in the US, and especially in US tech, are you really spreading your risk? Reggie flew to Paris for the Amundi World Investment Forum and sat with Guy Stear, Head of Developed Markets Strategy, Amundi Investment Institute, to unpack what comes next. The hot take from one of Europe's largest asset managers: the next leg of AI won't be electrical engineering in Silicon Valley - it'll be the physical world. Drones cleaning skyscrapers. Robots in factories. Mechanical engineering. The countries good at this aren't the ones already trading at 90x sales. This conversation from the Amundi World Investment Forum in Paris pushes investors to rethink what diversification actually means today. For Singapore investors, the big question is simple: are you actively choosing your exposure, or are you just accepting the default? hear about the Nokia lesson, the US-China fragmentation reality, and how a Singapore investor should actually build three diversification blocks. Geopolitics, central…

People in this episode

Host: Reggie

Guest: Guy Stear

Topics covered

• global diversification
• investment strategy
• geopolitics
• AI development
• asset management
• risk management

Keywords

• global portfolio
• diversification
• US tech
• investment forum
• geopolitical risks
• ETFs
• Amundi

Sponsors

Amundi

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Amundi Investment Institute, Nokia, US-China

Places: Paris, Singapore

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