Long after most of the speeches made at Davos 2026 are forgotten, the one message that will reverberate is that politicians, businesses and investors face a rupture in the international order. All three groups are drawing the same ineluctable conclusion: they must diversify to survive and thrive in the new environment.
Politicians, businesses and investors face a rupture, rather than a smooth-transition to a new geopolitical regime, and are all deploying diversification in their own ways to navigate the uncertainty.
Firms that will thrive are likely to control scarce goods, as well as having robust cash flows, margins and pricing powers.
Investors can build more resilient portfolios by favouring sectors where big macroeconomic themes are aligned with political imperatives. These include US companies that offer exposure to innovation and defence and European ones that will benefit from infrastructure and defence spending.
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