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Masters in Business · 2026-01-14 · 18 min · 2,673 words

At The Money: Better Results By NOT Investing with Dictators!

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AI is entering its most consequential phase where scale, safety and sovereignty will determine who leads and who lags. Join Bloomberg Tech in London on November 2nd and 3rd as global leaders across business, finance and policy examine the defining trade-offs shaping the future of AI. Thank you to our presenting sponsor Salesforce and supporting sponsors IDA Ireland and Schneider Electric. Learn more at BloombergLive.com slash Tech London. Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio, news.

There are many problematic countries on the world stage. Not only are their political behaviors bad, but they're also unhealthy for your investment dollars. Most emerging market indexes, however, invest broadly across all of these countries regardless of their political activity. If only there was a way to avoid authoritarian regimes, dictators, and other bad actors that destroy your investing capital.

As it turns out, there's a fund to do just that, investing in emerging markets without steering money to the worst countries on the planet. I'm Barry Rittholts, and on today's edition of At the Money, we're going to discuss how to avoid those countries that are dangerous to your wealth. To help us unpack all of this and what it means for your portfolio, let's bring in Perth Toll. She is the founder of the Life and Liberty Indexes and the creator of the Freedom 100 EM Index, ETF symbol. FRDM.

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