What Fifty Years of Markets Can Tell Us About Today

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30 min listen
March 31, 2026

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In a world of geopolitical uncertainty, historic market concentration and rapid technological change, how can investors position their portfolios? In this episode of MSCI Perspectives, we bring together three leading voices from across BlackRock and MSCI to make sense of a complex moment in markets.

Drawing on 50 years of data, real-time flow analysis and the evolution of index investing, they explore the unwinding of home bias, the durability of U.S. market dominance, the practical power of factors and the hidden risks buried in global supply chains. History, it turns out, has a lot to say about right now.

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Kristy Akullian
Kristy Akullian
CFA – Director, iShares Investment Strategy and Markets Coverage BlackRock

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