Indonesia Remains World’s Worst as China Hits Bear Territory
Almost all Asian markets are in the red, with many of the year’s top performers the major laggards.
Almost all Asian markets are in the red, with many of the year’s top performers the major laggards.
Seventy percent of active managers are trailing their benchmarks, and the pressure to catch up could trigger a focus on stock picking.
Hot inflation data burns up AI, tech and small-cap stocks as CoreWeave unravels and ‘neocloud’ names in ‘crash mode’; also the chart looks precarious.
Chip stocks have sold down hard in the last couple of days. While Chinese competition is often cited as the motive, that’s a simplification that doesn’t add up.
The AI selloff has investors running. I’m doing the opposite.
As tensions with Iran escalate, major domestic equity market indexes trade close to all-time highs, and oil rises, you best be ready.
The good news is Iran and the U.S. seem to be talking again. The not-so-good news is the AI tech trade and all its parts are falling fast. Let’s dig in.
The strong showing of East Asian equities stems from gains in memory stocks, as well as cheap currencies. What will the second half bring?
Tech-stock gains have pushed TSMC, Samsung and Hynix into the $1 trillion club, while SoftBank is the largest Tokyo listing by market cap.