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It’s Just Not That Easy

Nov 21, 2022

8:50 am

• Markets pause as the bullish view sobers up • Fed speakers reiterate their intention to keep tightening • Data shows US household debt accumulation as consumers use credit cards to maintain spending power • Asia has the opportunity – and ability – to outperform but meaningful collective policy making is still absent • The…

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Deflating Exaggerated Worry

Nov 15, 2022

10:00 am

• Better-than-expected US inflation data boosts the markets’ mood • Inflation, though, is not beaten and growth is on the wane • Crypto industry challenges show that risks lurk in the financial system • We continue to favour non-US equity markets although we would not rush back into equities at present • As the hopes…

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Investment Strategy

Nov 14, 2022

9:38 am

• Signs of trouble in UK real estate markets even as G-sec markets calmed down. Real estate prices declining even in US and Canada • All asset classes rallied amid less hawkish Fed commentary • Indian markets also rallied, though there was divergence across sectors and market caps • Corporate results in India have been…

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Central Bankers Diverge, as Investors Go Bottom Fishing

Nov 7, 2022

9:55 am

• Central bank policy starts to diverge as they get beyond knee jerk rate rises • Thus far the rise in yields explains the fall in equity markets • US equities are particularly vulnerable to future downgrades to profit forecast • European equities have already suffered a deep derating • Rumours of a re-opening of…

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