FLHK News and Press, Franklin FTSE Hong Kong From 01/09/24

2024-01-09 22:45:00 ET Summary Emerging markets (EMs) have regained their footing in 2023, but the recovery from October 2022 lows has been anything but uniform across individual markets. As a new EM cycle unfolds, we expect that the heterogeneous dynamics and secular themes that ...

2024-01-09 03:30:00 ET Summary The basic materials sector continued to record the sharpest downturn in goods trade according to more detailed sub-sector data. Measured across both goods and services, trade deteriorated across all the top 10 economies with the exception of India. ...

2024-01-08 21:20:00 ET Summary Drivers for emerging markets in 2024 include a potential recovery in earnings growth, the likelihood of a US soft landing, and evidence that interest rates have peaked. In 2024, more than four billion people will take part in elections, starting with...

2024-01-08 18:50:00 ET Summary No economist’s work is more germane to Issues 2024 than the brilliant Minsky. The hedge fund industry had surpassed $500 billion by 2001, up from about $35 billion to begin the nineties. Global markets wasted no time signaling 2024 liquidi...

2024-01-06 12:15:00 ET Summary After rapid expansion in 2023, the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is expected to be the fastest growing region of the world economy in 2024. Some improvement in East Asian exports will also support economic expansion. The APAC tourism industry is exp...

2024-01-06 03:55:00 ET Summary Global output growth accelerated slightly in December, according to the S&P Global PMI surveys, spurred by improved inflows of new orders. Recession risks remain most elevated in the eurozone, and business activity stagnated in Japan. Worldwi...

2024-01-04 01:25:00 ET Summary As the world continues its geopolitical rebalancing, the Asia-Pacific region faces potentially significant risks across the economic and political arenas in 2024. The indicators for these risks include the path of mainland China's economic recovery a...

2024-01-03 05:14:00 ET Summary Global manufacturing remained firmly in the doldrums in December, according to the latest JPMorgan Global Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index compiled by S&P Global. Global manufacturing output fell for a seventh month running in December, a...

2024-01-03 03:41:00 ET Summary Global equity markets posted healthy gains in 2023, but investors enter the new year with many concerns. As macroeconomic uncertainty lingers after a year of extreme market concentration, equity allocations should be prepared for a range of scenarios...

2023-12-28 03:38:00 ET Summary The artificial intelligence race has sustained record high-concentration ratios for the S&P 500 Index, but also poses risks. The 2024 election avalanche may create short-term economic divergence globally and market volatility. Nearshoring ben...