Hard Assets Matter When Geopolitics and Markets Turn Chaotic | Jeremy Schwartz

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Mar 12, 2026

Jeremy Schwartz, WisdomTree's Global CIO who builds ETFs and real-asset strategies, makes the case for bigger allocations to gold, commodities, and farmland. He discusses why diversification can fail in crises. He explains creative ways to add gold without selling core holdings. He outlines why farmland and commodities deserve a permanent place in modern portfolios.

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Why Diversification Can Break Down In Crises

Diversification often fails in crisis because correlations rise and forced selling compresses asset prices together.
Jeremy Schwartz explains margin calls and de-risking cause hedge funds and investors to sell what was working, reducing apparent diversification.

ADVICE

Prioritize Long Term Themes Over Panic Moves

Focus on long-term goals rather than short-term noise when building a portfolio.
Jeremy Schwartz suggests identifying themes that can contribute positive returns instead of reflexively moving to cash or shrinking risk.

INSIGHT

U.S. Investors Are Overconcentrated Domestically

U.S. investors remain heavily home-biased and underweight foreign markets and other asset classes.
Jeremy notes neutral foreign allocation historically was closer to 50-50, while many clients today hold 80-20 or 100% U.S.

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💡As war and geopolitical risk shake markets, join Wealthion’s Real Assets Community for more on gold, farmland, and other portfolio diversifiers: https://wealthion.com/getready

You Asked, Jeremy Schwartz Answers… As geopolitical tensions test the limits of traditional portfolios, WisdomTree's Global CIO Jeremy Schwartz tells Maggie Lake why hard assets deserve a much bigger allocation. With only 2% of US ETF assets in gold while central banks load up, Jeremy explains how to add gold without selling core holdings and why WisdomTree bet $2 billion on farmland as the next great real asset.

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Chapters:

0:05 - Is Diversification Breaking Down in a War-Shaken Market

1:57 - Does the Classic 60/40 Portfolio Need a Real-Assets Upgrade?

4:00 - Why Investor Appetite for Gold and Precious Metals Is Growing Again

5:46 - Is Commodity Exposure Becoming a Structural Shift, Not a Trade?

7:23 - Beyond Gold: Why Farmland May Be the Next Diversifier

10:06 - Where Farmland Fits in a Modern Diversified Portfolio

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