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Markets are no longer reacting primarily to earnings and rates.
Global investor surveys report geopolitical conflict and policy swings now rank above recessions as the biggest threats to portfolios.
In UBS's latest billionaire ambition survey for 2026, 66% of surveyed respondents cited tariffs as their top risk, 63% cited geopolitical conflict, and 59% flagged policy uncertainty.
That can mean higher risk premiums across equities, bonds, and FX. In plain English: you may be taking more risk for less upside.
So what have sophisticated investors done differently for decades?
They diversify with assets that are priced globally and historically appreciate independently of traditional markets. Especially now, with the dollar down 10% since the start of 2025, assets priced across multiple currencies can offer real diversification.
One typically exclusive to the ultra wealthy? Postwar and contemporary art.
It's shown low correlation to stocks, global demand, and resilience during periods of economic uncertainty.* Recent UBS data even shows ultra-high-net-worth investors increased their art allocation to 28% of their wealth in 2025. And according to another UBS report, only 8% of billionaires plan to reduce art investments in 2026, while 27% plan to increase.
That imbalance contributes to an attractive supply and demand dynamic.
The fall 2025 public auction season helped validate the art market stabilization, with record-breaking outlier sales like a $236 million Klimt and a $54 million Kahlo.
And now it's easy to fractionally invest in multimillion dollar art featuring Banksy, Basquiat and more, thanks to Masterworks.
Investors have seen net annualized returns like 14.6%, 17.6%, and 17.8% across 26 exits.
See how to add political-risk insulation to your portfolio at Masterworks:
*According to Masterworks data. Investing involves risk. Past performance not indicative of future returns. See important disclosures at masterworks.com/cd.
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Masterworks can only make and accept sales after an offering statement has been filed, and “qualified”, by the SEC. Any offers may be revoked before notice of qualification. Indications of interest involve no obligation. For further disclosure visit the offering documents filed with the SEC and Important Disclosures at masterworks.com/cd.
Art correlation and appreciation data based on repeat-sales index of historical Post-War & Contemporary Art market prices and S&P 500 annualized return (includes dividends reinvested) from 1995 to 2025, developed by Masterworks. There are significant limitations to comparative asset class data. Indices are unmanaged and a Masterworks investor cannot invest directly in an index.
Celebrities referenced are not investors in Masterworks Offerings. Their affiliation with artists is not an endorsement of Masterworks.
SEC ‘qualification’ only means that the issuer of those shares may make sales of the securities described by the offering statement. It does not mean that the SEC has approved, passed upon the merits of, or passed upon the accuracy or completeness of the information in the offering statement
“Net Annualized Return” refers to the annualized internal rate of return, or IRR, net of all fees and costs, to holders of Class A shares from the primary offering, calculated from the final closing date of such offering to the date the sale is consummated.
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