Episode Details

Chris Watling from Longview Economics joins The Rules of Investing to discuss the global macro outlook, including AI-driven market concentration, inflation, oil, interest rates, Australian housing, and the hidden fragility beneath parts of the US economy and equity market.

In this episode:

• Why the AI theme may be carrying more of the global economy than investors realise
• Oil, Iran and the Strait of Hormuz
• Why inflation may not be the biggest risk facing markets
• The difference between Australia and the rest of the developed world
• Signs of weakness beneath the surface of the US economy
• Why investor complacency could become a major problem
• The one investment Watling would make if markets closed for five years.