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What AI, Tariffs, and Global Uncertainty Mean for Your Portfolio – Ep 285

April 2, 2026

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AUTHOR:

Vitaliy Katsenelson

The future feels less predictable because the range of possible outcomes has expanded. Here is my best attempt to think through that reality with humility, and why you should let me do the worrying for both of us.

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WHO AM I: Vitaliy Katsenelson is the CEO of Investment Management Associates (IMA) in 2012. Forbes Magazine called him “The New Benjamin Graham.” He’s written for publications including Financial Times, Barron’s, Institutional Investor, and Foreign Policy.

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