Potential Risks and Election Impacts on the Economy

Show from 01/19/24 Host Jeremy Schwartz and Professor Siegel begin this week's episode discussing how the market is hitting an all time high. They comment on the current labor market and upcoming layoffs. Jeff asks the professor about the current state of the Chinese Market. (06:03) Liqian and Jeff join to discuss in depth what is happening geopolitically across the world. Liqian covers the Taiwan election and how that will affect the world markets. Jeff asks her about the potential for stimulation in China and if it is necessary. Weniger joins in to comment on China’s current market state and how Taiwan's election and stress with North and South Korea could be affecting it. The group discusses TikTok, EV manufacturing, the Chinese infrastructure market and much more. Guests: Liqian Ren, Ph.D., joined WisdomTree as Director of Modern Alpha in 2018. She leads WisdomTree’s quantitative investment capabilities and serves as a thought leader for WisdomTree’s Modern Alpha® approach. Liqian was previously at Vanguard, where she worked for 12 years, most recently as a portfolio manager in the Quantitative Equity Group managing Vanguard’s active funds and conducting research on factor strategies. Prior to joining Vanguard, she was an associate economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Liqian received her bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Peking University in Beijing, her master’s in Economics from Indiana University—Purdue University Indianapolis, and her MBA and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Liqian co-hosts a podcast on China and Asian markets with Jeremy Schwartz, WisdomTree’s Global Head of Research, and she is a co-host on the Wharton Business Radio program Behind the Markets on SiriusXM 132. Jeff Weniger, CFA serves as Head of Equity Strategy at WisdomTree. In his role, Weniger helps to formulate the firm’s stock market outlook by assessing macro and fundamental trends. Prior to joining WisdomTree, he was Director, Senior Strategist at BMO, where he worked in the office of the CIO from 2006 to 2017. He served on the firm’s Asset Allocation Committee and co-managed the firm’s ETF model portfolios for both the U.S. and Canada. In 2013, at the age of 32, Jeff was chosen as the youngest member of BMO’s Global Investment Forum, which collected the firm’s top global strategists to formulate the firm’s official long-term outlook for investment trends and markets. Jeff has a B.S. in Finance from the University of Florida and an MBA from Notre Dame. He has been a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Society of Chicago since 2006. He has appeared in various financial publications such as Barron’s and the Wall Street Journal and makes regular appearances on Canada’s Business News Network (BNN) and Wharton Business Radio. Learn more about Liqian at: https://www.wisdomtree.com/investments/liqian-ren Learn more about Jeff at: https://www.wisdomtree.com/investments/jeff-weniger Follow Liqian on Twitter: @liqian_ren Follow Jeff on Twitter: @JeffWeniger