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Market Matters with Rebekah McMillan from Neuberger
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Our monthly podcast brings you big-picture insights from leading investment experts, exploring the opportunities, challenges and risks shaping investor portfolios.
This month’s guest is Rebekah McMillan, associate portfolio manager at Neuberger. We talk through cover a wide range of topics including the forces driving gold and silver higher, why copper and uranium could be the defining metals of the energy transition and whether the long-awaited rotation into commodities is finally becoming a reality.
00:00 Introduction
00:34 Career path
02:05 Key overweights and underweights
04:02 Vulnerability to rising oil prices
06:56 Can the S&P 500 keep rising?
08:58 The Magnificent Seven and AI capex
13:10 Opportunities in emerging markets
14:37 Investment case for China
15:50 Outlook for Japan
17:28 Thoughts on the UK and Europe
19:29 Deficits and role of sovereign debt
20:39 Is the 60/40 portfolio still relevant?
21:55 Gold and commodities outlook
23:22 Investment case for private markets
25:36 Best investment advice
26:21 Risk warning
Please note that this podcast was recorded on 18 May 2026.