Global Macro Update

Former US Army Ranger Paul Scharre knows all about AI's darker potential. He talks to Mauldin Economics publisher Ed D'Agostino about AI's role in combat, the rise of Chinese-style techno-authoritarianism, and US vulnerabilities in the Panama Canal.

Renowned political pollster Dr. Frank Luntz says 70% of Americans don't want a Biden vs. Trump rematch. Two-thirds would actively consider a third-party candidate. But could a third-party candidate actually win?

Good stuff is happening. GDP is up. Unemployment is low. Inflation has dropped. Yet people seem miserable. Former Fed economist Claudia Sahm explains the disconnect.

When Felix Zulauf has a hunch, he's usually right. Ed D'Agostino interviews Zulauf, the former head of UBS's institutional portfolio management group and founder of Zulauf Consulting, about the end of the multipolar world and where the markets are headed.

Argentina may have finally done something right. Ed D'Agostino interviews Jared Dillian, author of No Worries and Editor of The Daily Dirtnap, about investing in emerging markets, Argentina's new president-elect, and how to build a "life hedge" into your portfolio.

The US is scrambling to "de-risk" from China by fortifying US supply chains. But China has been de-risking from the US for over a decade. Ed D'Agostino speaks with former UBS chief economist George Magnus about what this geopolitical transformation means for Western investors and the huge changes happening at China's Central Bank.

"Usually coincidences don't exist in geopolitics." Ed D'Agostino speaks to Jacob Shapiro of Cognitive Investments about military tensions running hot across the globe, including the Israel-Hamas war, Ukraine, and dustups in the Balkans and the South China Sea. It almost makes you wonder if US enemies are acting in concert to spread our military thin.

Few people bring together as much expertise on the military, geopolitics, and investing as former CIA Director General Petraeus, who is currently a partner at global investment firm KKR. Petraeus and Ed D'Agostino discuss how the conflict in the Middle East could escalate, what Putin has really accomplished in Ukraine, and the United States' delicate relationship with China.

The US can't rely on Russia for uranium anymore. Hear from Uranium Energy Corp. CEO Amir Adnani on US energy policy and the critical role nuclear plays for the US military, NASA, and artificial intelligence-backed technologies.

Master of nuance Jacob Shapiro, a partner at Cognitive Investments, breaks down why the last 30 years of globalization were an aberration, how it started to unwind with Obama's tire/poultry trade war, and which country will become "the next China."