Tag Archives: Geopolitics
Willis Sparks on Geopolitics and Markets: The Enemy Is Uncertainty
Willis Sparks of Eurasia Group has identified low oil prices and heightened sensitivity around China’s economy as major drivers of uncertainty. Read More
3 Key Elements for Successful Geopolitical Analysis
Jason Voss, CFA, explains how an understanding of geography, history, and expectations leads to simpler, clearer, and more accurate predictions of globally important events. Read More
Registration Open: 2016 Middle East Investment Conference
The 2016 Middle East Investment Conference, held in Bahrain on 13 April 2016, is an opportunity to gain insights from experts and network with peers. Read More
Geopolitics Comeback and a New Great Game
Philippa Malmgren, president and founder of DRPM Group, calls for investment professionals to return geopolitics to the forefront of the landscape at the 2015 CFA Institute Middle East Investment Conference in Kuwait. Read More
Video: Rafik Hafez, CFA, Interviewed Ahead of the Middle East Investment Conference
In an interview ahead of the 2015 CFA Institute Middle East Investment Conference in Kuwait, the president of CFA Society Kuwait, discusses the conference themes, some highlight speakers and issues affecting investment professionals in the Middle East. Read More
Developing Strategic Plans for the New Reality — In the Middle East and Beyond
In Kuwait, the complexities of changing economic models and shifting priorities emphasize the challenges of investing in new realities. Read More
Little Market Reaction in a World of Risk
Old geopolitical risks have been replaced by new ones, but Nouriel Roubini sees financial markets largely unaffected. Read More
Financial Warfare: The Threat May Be Enough to Keep the Peace, but There’s No Room for Complacency
How do investors navigate a climate in which currencies are potentially unstable and the Fed and central banks stand accused of becoming printing presses? Read More
A President’s View of the Art of Negotiation
It isn’t often that you get a chance to listen to a former sitting president discuss the art of negotiation; and it is rarer still that you learn negotiating secrets from a leader whose peace treaty helped to end an intractable conflict and garnered him a Nobel Peace Prize nomination. Read More
Peter Zeihan: The World Should Watch Out for a Shift in U.S. Foreign and Economic Policy
Geopolitical analyst, Peter Zeihan, believes that North America has the capacity to become energy self-sufficient by 2020 and predicts a US that adopts a more economically isolationist stance. Read More
