{
  "id": 15926247,
  "title": "Super El Nino is brewing and nowhere is safe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/super-el-nino-is-brewing-and-nowhere-is-safe",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-21T17:38:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Economic Times",
    "slug": "the-economic-times",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/business/money-managers-say-theres-nowhere-to-hide-as-super-el-nio-forms/articleshow/135097594.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A powerful El Niño weather cycle is brewing, posing risks to global markets across sectors. This intense climate event, associated with warming across the equatorial Pacific Ocean, is triggering droughts, floods, and rising food commodity prices, along with concerns about inflation and deficits. Even the world's largest hedge fund firm, Man Group, has warned that grid infrastructure, metals, and fertilizer sectors could face disruption. Portfolio managers at Pictet Asset Management and T. Rowe Price are implementing protective measures, while some boutique hedge funds are building investment strategies around the weather cycle. Economists predict an unprecedented El Niño event, with impacts likely to ripple through global asset markets, affecting sovereigns in Indonesia, Brazil, and Colombia. The key to navigating these disruptions lies in recognizing that no region will be entirely shielded, and strategies should focus on interest rates, energy markets, and technologies to cope with extreme weather patterns.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}