Over recent months, we've seen how politics can destabilise markets. Using new illustrations in our Investors' Guide to Markets, we examine how advisers can support clients through uncertain times and what we can learn from previous periods of market volatility.

Amid heightened geopolitical tensions, policy divergence and persistent questions around the strength of global demand, investors continue to navigate a complex and often contradictory macroeconomic environment.

When crises hit, they always seem new, unexpected and shocking. They cause us to worry whether markets can really ever recover. This is the essence of shocks; they are, to offer a truism, unexpected.

This episode explores the first 100 days of Donald Trump's second presidency, looking at his impact on the economy, market volatility and shifting trade dynamics. 

We take a close look at market efficiency as part of our core investment principles podcast series.

In this podcast episode we dive into the core investment principles that guide our decision-making.