A bottoming out of the domestic equity market is stirring some optimism in the internet and consumer sectors.

A bottoming out of the domestic equity market is stirring some optimism in the internet and consumer sectors.
Pictet’s Young Jae Lee is still overweight semiconductor stocks despite taking profits recently.
FSA takes a look at the best performing Japanese funds year-to-date amid strong inflows into the region.
At the end of last month, the Bank of Japan surprised markets by effectively raising the threshold for 10-year JGBs in its controversial yield curve control policy. While this may seem on the face of it a headwind for the country’s soaring stock market, the reality is more nuanced.
The firm’s outlook for the rest of 2023 encourages a look beyond the usual suspects into Asia’s structural shifts as well as US financials, healthcare, industrials and consumer discretionary.
The bank favours the Hang Seng Technology index over the broader main indices.
State Street Global Advisors says investors should look closer at the region as it continues to surprise favourably despite recent economic and geopolitical challenges.
Equities and bonds moving in ‘virtual lockstep’ over the last year has ‘huge asset allocation implications’.
Eastspring Investments says investors with exposure to Asian equities should also look globally for diversified emerging markets returns over the longer term.
Asia and emerging markets are fertile hunting grounds to capture opportunities before others do.
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