GEOPOLITICS & INVESTMENT RESEARCH
War, Geopolitical Risk, and Expected Returns
MEPP's first session examined geopolitical risk, attention to war, and how disaster risk is reflected in expected stock returns.
ABOUT THE SESSION
Session overview.
MEPP's inaugural session, “War, Geopolitical Risk, and Expected Returns: Insights for Institutional Investors,” brought research on war discourse and stock premia to an institutional-investor audience. The session was hosted by LAGERS.
Topics covered
- Measuring attention to war using a long history of news coverage.
- Studying war discourse and expected market returns over time.
- Exploring the relationship between war-hedging characteristics and expected returns across stocks.
- Considering the research in the context of long-horizon institutional portfolios.
SESSION DETAILS
- When
- June 4, 2026
12:00–1:00 PM Central - Where
- Jefferson City, Missouri
- Host
- LAGERS
SESSION INVITATIONS