Show Notes
Supply shocks from the adoption of AI and as a result of increasingly isolationist trade policies mean markets could be at risk from heightened inflation and volatility, and create uncertainty around the correlations between bonds and equities.
That is the view of Sophie Huynh, portfolio manager and strategist at BNP Paribas Asset Management; our first guest of the new year on the Asset Allocator podcast, discussing markets with chief reporter Jospeh Wilkins and contributing editor David Thorpe.
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