XYPN's Almeida: 'The biggest risk in front of us is geopolitical risk'

Andrew Almeida, director of investments at XYPN, says that investors shouldn't be too active in responding to the news, but he says that geopolitics is a real threat to portfolios, especially as current tensions linger and change the inflation landscape. Almeida — co-host of XYPN's new Balanced PM podcast , which launches today — notes that the risks you take in reacting to the news are at least as big as the risks you accept when you leave your current portfolio in place and ride it out; he discusses the discipline investors need to pursue their goals while not reacting to the proverbial elephant in the room. Brendan McCann, research analyst at Morningstar discusses the firm's annual U.S. Fund Fee Study , released Tuesday, which showed that reduced fees saved investors $6.8 billion in fund expenses. He says, however, that while the long-term trend in expenses has been down, the industry may be reaching a point where -- thanks to the creation of new types of funds -- future cost reductions become increasingly difficult. Plus, John Barr, portfolio manager for the Needham Growth and Aggressive Growth funds — featured on yesterday's show for an investment process that earned him the title of "Stock Market Maestro" by author and researcher Lee Freeman-Shor — returns to the show to highlight that methodology talking growth stocks in the Market Call.

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This episode was published on May 20, 2026.

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