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2026-03-07 03:40:38 ET The week experienced the problematic scenario for highly levered global markets: sharply lower stock prices, widening spreads/risk premiums, rising Treasury/sovereign yields, and currency volatility. Seemingly no place to hide, with virtually all strategies falter...

2026-03-06 20:15:00 ET By Zain Vawda Wall Street’s primary indexes tumbled on Friday, led by a sharp decline in the Dow to a three-month low as the market grappled with escalating conflict in the Middle East and a surprising contraction in the US labor market.... Re...

2026-03-05 12:06:00 ET By Min Joo Kang, Senior Economist, South Korea and Japan Tax cut pledge will eventually be implemented, though details remain lacking With the landslide victory of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party ((LDP)) in February, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi&...

2026-03-05 04:40:00 ET By Dina Ting, CFA, Head of Global Index Portfolio Management, Franklin Templeton ETFs ... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: Where Global Economies Sit In The AI Stack

2026-03-04 06:20:00 ET By Brian Levitt, Chief Global Market Strategist and Head of Strategy & Insights Markets are influenced by a constant interplay between short‑term narratives and the underlying fundamentals that drive long‑term outcomes. At times, these na...

2026-03-03 14:50:00 ET If there is one country that really matters for US financial markets, it has to be Japan. Not only does Japan have an $8 trillion bond market, making it the world’s third-largest such market, it has also been a major supplier of liquidity to our stock and g...

2026-03-03 05:36:00 ET ... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: Sanae Takaichi: Can The Rock Star Of Japanese Politics Drum To The Beat Of The Markets?

2026-03-02 15:30:00 ET By Benjamin Jones, Global Head of Research, Strategy & Insights; Paul Jackson, Global Head of Asset Allocation Research, Global Thought Leadership; Brian Levitt, Chief Global Market Strategist and Head of Strategy & Insights ... Read the full art...

2026-03-02 11:07:00 ET By Deepali Bhargava, Regional Head of Research, Asia-Pacific For now, Asia seems able to absorb the recent jump in oil prices. Inflation across much of the region is starting from relatively low levels and has generally been well contained. But the rea...

2026-02-28 04:20:00 ET By Sammy Suzuki, CFA Earnings growth could continue energizing an emerging market stock recovery. After underperforming for much of the last decade, emerging market ((EM)) equities rebounded nicely in 2025. Is it too late to invest? We don’t...