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23 Jan 2024

China's real GDP is now further below its pre-COVID trend than after the 2008 crisis

Will they be tempted to opt for more mercantilism (and expansionism)? Source chart: Robin Brooks

23 Jan 2024

Japan is expected to be short 11 million workers by 2040

Source: Win Smart, FT

23 Jan 2024

India’s stock market has overtaken Hong Kong’s for the 1st time in another feat for the South Asian nation whose growth prospects & policy reforms have made it an investor darling

Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ

22 Jan 2024

India is set to overtake Hong Kong to become the world's fourth-largest stock market. It may happen this week assuming current trajectories hold

Source: David Ingles, Bloomberg

18 Jan 2024

Another day, another loss for chinese stocks.

According to Guotai Junan Futures, there are about 30 billion yuan ($4.2 billion) of snowball derivatives products tied to the CSI 1000 Index are near levels that trigger losses at maturity, according to Guotai Junan Futures Co, as the stock rout in China's stock market pushes the derivatives to near knock-in levels. Another 60 billion yuan of the derivatives are 5%-10% away from their knock-in thresholds! Source: www.zerohedge.com

18 Jan 2024

China’s economy spooks markets, and stocks sink.

The CSI 300 has underperformed the S&P 500 by >40ppts over the year. Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ

17 Jan 2024

Japanese companies profits are surging

but that's not translating into rising domestic wages, keeping a lid on domestic inflationary pressures, and allowing easy monetary & FX policy to persist. The main winners are japan equity investors. Source: DB, Bob Elliott, The Daily Shot

17 Jan 2024

China stocks cbear market continues unabated

As Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index tumbled 3.06% afterweaker than expected GDP numbers were released, while China’s CSI 300 index shed 0.73%. Meanwhile, AMC Nomura Nikkei 225 ETF went limit up today after Chinese traders ignored warnings to avoid chasing gains in Japanese Stocks. This ETF trades with a 9.5% premium over its net asset value... Source: Bloomberg, Barchart

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