Macro Headwinds vs. Tech Tailwinds

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(00:03:05) - (First question) - Her take on AI and watching this new technology unfold

(00:06:39) - Things she’s watching in the AI space that might lead to taking portfolio action 

(00:09:19) - Potentially using AI to inform or make investment decisions 

(00:10:17) - Why might it be the case that no one can use AI for investing in macro markets

(00:11:14) - What she’d write about regarding the general state of capital markets today

(00:13:46) - What pricing is telling us about market sentiment writ large

(00:15:47) - Thinking about portfolio positioning in light of the unattractive state of risk assets

(00:17:17) - Her perspectives on gold historically and today 

(00:20:09) - Big long-term slow-moving macro variables that aren’t quite visible yet 

(00:22:09) - The all-weather portfolio and building one in light of so much uncertainty 

(00:24:38) - The rise of China, its growing power, and potential conflicts with the US 

(00:28:01) - Monitoring for things like the banking crisis beneath the public narrative 

(00:31:13) - Non-obvious variables that currently have her attention 

(00:33:29) - “Overrated or underrated” rapid-fire questions

(00:36:04) - What it’s been like being the CIO of Bridgewater so far