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Happy Birthday to us! This week on The Art of Investing, the team mark one year of the portfolio with a more volatile week in markets, as geopolitical tensions, oil price moves and continued rotation across equities begin to test performance.

While the portfolio takes a step back, the broader conversation focuses on what’s really driving markets right now - from renewed pressure in commodities and emerging markets, to ongoing shifts within equities and growing dispersion across global indices.

The team also explore two key themes this week: the hidden concentration within ETFs - comparing cap-weighted vs equal-weighted investing - and the rise of thematic investing, including how to think about geographic and sector diversification.

This Week’s Highlights:

📉 Markets Pull Back

A weaker week across global markets sees broad-based declines, with most asset classes finishing in negative territory.

🛢️ Oil Volatility Returns