Mar 2, 2026 1 min read

Geopolitical Risk Index spikes to 600

Historically a buy signal.

That’s an extreme reading — and exactly the kind of moment when I lean on sentiment analysis rather than trying to “predict geopolitics”.

The Geopolitical Risk Index (GPR) is a news-based measure (Caldara & Iacoviello) that tracks how often major newspapers reference wars, threats and terrorism, normalised so 100 = long-run average.

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