Schroders Equity Lens

Schroders

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The March edition of the Schroders Equity Lens is out, focusing on investing when geopolitical and stagflation risks are high.

Key Takeaways

Geopolitical Risk: Heightened geopolitical risk and a soaring oil price have caused equities to sell off. Historically, geopolitical risk does not automatically translate into market losses.
Stagflation Risk: Rising energy prices increase the risk of stagflation (high inflation/low growth). Over the past 100 years, stagflation has been a challenging environment for equities but at such times they’ve still roughly matched inflation on average, and usually beaten cash.
Increased Dispersion: The proportion of countries and companies that have been outperforming the broad market has increased. EM equities are an exception, with performance concentrated in the mega caps.
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