Macro funds top performance charts at 2025 midpoint

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Global macro is outperforming other strategies at 2025’s midpoint, as geopolitics drives market action and continued volatility across asset classes.

PivotalPath‘s macro index hit 11.1% in the first six months, the research firm’s only sub-index in double-digit territory, with commodities, FX, sovereign debt and widening dispersion across asset classes the drivers.

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