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Investment Weekly

Policy uncertainty and stock market valuations
07 February 2025

    Chart of the week – Policy uncertainty and stock market valuations

    Chart of the week – Policy uncertainty and stock market valuations

    In our Investment Outlook 2025 “Spinning Around”, we argued that rising economic uncertainty was set to create more volatility in investment markets this year. Quantitative measures of global policy uncertainty are increasing. This week, like in the last few weeks, investors have had to deal with another burst of episodic volatility in markets.

    More from this week:

    Market Spotlight

    • Hedging volatility

    Lens on…

    • Curve appeal
    • Earnings broadening?
    • India’s growth plan

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