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Norges Bank Investment Fund's Nicolai Tangen says this year ‘has been surprisingly not terrible’

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Nicolai Tangen, chief executive officer of Norges Bank Investment Management (Credit: Chris Ratcliffe—Bloomberg/Getty Images)
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Good morning. Nicolai Tangen manages the largest publicly held financial fund in the world. But if Tangen, CEO of Norges Bank Investment Fund, is rattled by the recent global economic chaos, he’s not letting on. The Norwegian hedge fund manager spoke to Fortune recently and in his signature understated style commented that, “it is a bit of an earthquake in terms of the news flow. Big swings both ways. It’s been a period where it’s been good not to do very much.” Here’s how Tangen views the chaos and opportunity that this period presents. 

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