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From geopolitical shocks and portfolio resilience, to AI's reshaping of energy markets and its broader economic risks, here are four of our latest reads unpacking the forces investors are watching most closely. Henry Neville, Portfolio Manager at Man Group, studied nearly 40 conflicts since WWII and found that while equity indices often recovered within six months, world wars, lasting energy shocks and deeper crises were notable exceptions. He looks at the case for a diversified portfolio spanning commodities, defence equities and trend following https://ow.ly/3sCz50YIf73 Many investors expected a repeat of the 2021-22 energy crisis to crush clean energy stocks. Jason Mitchell, Co-Head of Responsible Investment, examines how AI's insatiable power demand has changed the equation and why the link between energy security and the energy transition may have fundamentally shifted. https://ow.ly/BhsY50YIf77 AI may not yet be driving runaway economic transformation, but Panashe Bera, OMI Advisory Analyst and Gregory Bond, Chief Investment Officer, highlight two underappreciated risks: a modern-day Engels' Pause, where productivity gains disproportionately reward capital owners; and a capex boom-and-bust echoing the 2001 tech bubble. https://ow.ly/TtGl50YIf75 Five weeks into the Gulf conflict, Daniel Taylor Taylor, CIO at Man Numeric, assesses the tail risks of a prolonged energy shock colliding with an eventual reckoning on AI investment returns, drawing on historical parallels and proprietary regime models. https://ow.ly/ULNw50YIf76

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