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The MSCI ACW Growth index continues to strengthen vis-à-vis the Value index, outperforming the latter by 4.7 percentage points year-to-date, following 23.3 percentage points in 2023. Given that the IT, Consumer Discretionary, and Communication Services…
On the surface, the latest Taiwanese export orders release delivered a positive signal on the global trade cycle. The 1.9% y/y expansion in January marks a significant improvement from the 16.0% contraction in December. Moreover, a 28% surge in orders from…

The US ‘immaculate disinflation’ has run its course, given that labour force participation is topping out. This leaves the Fed with a dilemma. Settle for price inflation stabilising at 3 percent, and cut rates early to avoid higher unemployment. Or, not cut rates early and go the final mile to 2 percent price inflation, at the risk of higher unemployment. We discuss which way the Fed is likely to tilt, and the investment implications. Plus: China is oversold while Japan is overbought.

Special Report

This report presents the main ways to invest in the Nuclear Renaissance; from exposure to physical uranium to equity plays alongside or outside the nuclear fuel cycle.

Our US economic sentiment indicator – which is based on the difference between our equity valuation index and our bond valuation index – remains on an uptrend since its pandemic trough. Investors are pushing US stocks deeper in overvalued territory vis-à-vis…
Special Report

In this week’s report, we release an update to our long-term REER valuation model and expected future returns for major currencies.

Preliminary PMI estimates suggest that service sector activity is expanding across DM economies in February. Most notably, services PMIs are back at or above 50 in Australia and the Eurozone from previously contracting levels. Meanwhile, the services sectors…
The rally in cocoa prices has intensified over the past two months. Prices are up 47.7% so far in 2024 on top of a 61.3% increase last year. There are fundamental reasons for the price surge. Drier weather due to the El Nino weather phenomenon have led to…
According to BCA Research’s Commodity & Energy Strategy service, gold purchases by central banks will continue apace, as they diversify away from USD foreign reserves. Amid elevated geopolitical risk, arising from the Russia-Ukraine war, ongoing…
Japanese exports in JPY increased by 11.9% y/y in January, up from a 9.7% y/y increase in December and surpassing expectations of 9.5% y/y. A 29.2% y/y jump in exports to China led the overall surge. Trade data from Asian export-oriented economies are…