The Variant Perception Podcast

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The Variant Perception Podcast is a business podcast hosted by VP Research, with 35 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

VP Research hosts The Variant Perception Podcast, a business show with 35 episodes published.

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  Making CapEx Great Again

  Nov 17, 20245 minS0

  <p>This post is an excerpt from a video originally shared with VP clients on November 7, 2024. Link to original video here. To gain access to more of our research, contact us here.</p><p>Speakers: Tian Yang (CEO & Head of Research) and Jonathan Petersen (Chief Markets Economist)</p><p>Trump's decisive victory (foreseen by the “Keys to the White House”) reinforces structural trends: The Republican sweep should boost nearshoring, domestic CapEx, and FDI inflows into the U.S., accelerating ongoing megatrends such as reshoring, manufacturing, and supply chain restructuring.</p><p>Don't expect dramatic change in Fed's policy or surge in U...

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  Big Government, Big Business, Big Labor

  Oct 29, 20245 minS0

  <p>This post is an excerpt from a video originally shared with VP clients on October 11, 2024. Link to original video here. To gain access to more of our research, contact us here.</p><p>* Speakers: Tian Yang (CEO & Head of Research) and Scott Freeman (Director of Asset Allocation)</p><p>* The likely holding pattern until the US election makes it a good time to revisit our key structural (2-3y+) themes and their investment implications.</p><p>* Fiscal deficits and greater government involvement will be a feature, not a bug, in the coming decades as moral obligations (e.g. social...

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  The How, What, and Why of VP's Asset Allocation Engine

  Oct 6, 202417 minS0

  <p>This video was originally shared with VP clients on September 23, 2024. Link to original video here. To gain access to more of our research, contact us here.</p><p>Speakers: Tian Yang (CEO & Head of Research) and Scott Freeman (Director of Asset Allocation)</p><p>There are 2 key decisions to get right for asset allocation:</p><p>* How much to allocate to risk assets (stock vs. bond vs. cash allocation).</p><p>* How to gain exposure to outperforming sectors while avoiding underperforming ones.</p><p>We address these two problems in a repeatable way, using the best frameworks we have...

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  3 Key Frameworks - VP August 2024 Asset Allocation Call

  Sep 1, 20245 minS0

  <p>This post is an excerpt from our August 28, 2024 market discussion video to VP clients. The full length, original video can be viewed here.</p><p>* We discuss our recent thematic report: Asset Allocation Using LEIs, Capital Cycle and Crowding.</p><p>* The VP Asset Allocation Engine uses a) LEIs to quantify the current macro outlook and make high level asset allocation decisions between equities and bonds, and b) capital cycle and crowding models to make more granular selection decisions across sectors within the equity allocation.</p><p>* Our asset allocation process has been designed to be modular, so that...

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  Fixed Income Outlook - VP June 2024 Big Picture Discussion

  Jun 12, 20245 minS0

  <p>This post is an excerpt from our June 11, 2024 market discussion video to VP clients. The full length, original video can be viewed here.</p><p>* We review our US Fixed Income Dashboard ahead of the June Fed Meeting and inflation data.</p><p>* Structurally: Fiscal deficits, demographics, geopolitical tensions, and pension funding ratios all bias yields higher.</p><p>* Cyclically: Our US term-premium, fair value, and neutral-rate models indicate fixed income markets are fairly priced on a 6-12m forward basis. </p><p>* Tactically: Our Fed Hiking Regime model has triggered, but Powell has made clear his reluctance to h...

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