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The Short and Long Q2 2026
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Resilience and Potential Opportunity in a Higher‑Volatility World
2026 continues to test investors. The confluence of AI-driven disruption, persistent geopolitical friction, and shifting policy has created a market environment where volatility is the norm, not the exception. We constantly re-evaluate risk and rethink our assumption with these forces.
While these forces unsettled markets and investors, they also reinforced the importance of focusing on resilience, quality, and diversification in portfolios.
Today, we released The Short and Long: Q2 2026 Macro Investment View, Citi Wealth Chief Investment Office's quarterly report designed to offer global, data-driven guidance to help investors navigate increasingly complex markets with confidence and clarity.
The Short and Long | Weekly Bulletin 25th March 2026 By Citi Wealth Insights
Markets reprice policy as energy risks rise
Interest rate futures swung from pricing in rate cuts to pricing in rate hikes for the Eurozone and U.K. as soon as April. Absent evidence of the pass-through of higher energy prices into underlying inflation, expectations for rate hikes in the Eurozone and UK appear excessive.
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Weekly FX Focus | 26th March, 2026
FX Focus: Middle East Tensions Skew Near-Term U.S. Dollar Risks
The extent to which USD can strengthen further will be determined by how long oil prices remain elevated which in turn will largely depend on the duration of the conflict.
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