Existential risks to portfolio
Trying to list everything that can have an existential risk to everyone’s investments and portfolios. These risks are probably difficult to hedge as probability of counterparty default on the hedge would be extremely high. What would you add to the lists below? Existential risks to portfolio: Military confrontation due to China-Taiwan issues: Whether the confrontation is local or global, the economic impact will be long lasting. This will be further aggravated by second order impacts such as restrictive investment policies between West and China, restrictions on semi conductor chip exports from Taiwan, etc. US civil war triggered either by proposed changes to second amendment or wealth inequality. US debt default due to political impasse or reduced reliance on USD as a global currency. Financial or accounting fraud or some sort of fatal data breaches at Vanguard, Blackrock or one of the bigger ETF managers wiping out trillions of dollars. Probable but not existential as the risk can be