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What Geopolitics Mean for Markets: A Conversation with Matt Gertken

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From wars and revolutions to tech advances and trade, developments that play out on the global stage reverberate in the markets, affecting stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities, and more. Matt Gertken, chief geopolitical and U.S. political strategist at BCA Research, tracks these gyrations, taking a geopolitical approach to investment recommendations. Barron's Editor in Chief Ben Levisohn and Senior Managing Editor Lauren R. Rublin talk with Matt about the investment implications of the war in Iran, the spike in energy prices, and other geopolitical events moving markets in the U.S. and abroad.

Presenters

Matt Gertken

Chief Geopolitical/US Political Strategist, BCA Research

Matt is the Chief Strategist for both our Geopolitical Strategy and US Political Strategy services, where he oversees our coverage of market- relevant policy developments in the US and worldwide.

Providing data-driven, non-partisan, macroeconomic, and policy research, he and his teams take a geopolitical approach to making discretionary trade recommendations for investors. He is also a member of the BCA Research Leadership Team.

Before joining BCA in 2015, Matt served as a Senior Analyst at Strategic Forecasting, Inc. (Stratfor) and in multiple academic and publishing roles. Matt has 18 years of experience in the field and appears frequently in global news media. He’s often remarked that political strategy is about getting policy settings right, improving scenario analysis and probabilities, and capitalizing on risks and opportunities.

Matt holds an MPhil from the University of Cambridge and a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin.

Ben Levisohn

Editor in Chief, Barron's

Ben Levisohn is the editor in chief at Barron's. He is a former stock trader who has covered financial markets for The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and BusinessWeek.

Lauren R. Rublin

Senior Managing Editor, Barron's

Lauren R. Rublin is the senior managing editor at Barron's, overseeing Roundtables and Special Projects. She previously worked in book publishing, and at Fairchild Publications and Time Inc.