Kristina Hooper Shares Where Investors Should Deploy Capital Amid Potential Market Corrections

According to Kristina Hooper, investors looking to put cash to work should focus on diversification by looking outside of crowded U.S. exposures and taking advantage of lower valuations internationally.
Key asset allocation and deployment strategies include:
- International and Emerging Markets: Hooper highlights regions outside the U.S.—particularly Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), as well as Asia—as bright spots offering more attractive valuations.
- AI and Commodity Beneficiaries: She notes that parts of Asia are benefiting directly from the ongoing artificial intelligence capital expenditure buildup, while commodity-exporting nations are gaining strength from higher resource demand.
- Defensive Rebalancing: Rather than abandoning equities entirely, investors can take profits from crowded domestic positions and reallocate toward under-allocated segments or defensive asset classes to manage portfolio risk.