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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...

2026-02-28 03:45:39 ET Crisis dynamics gained important momentum this week. "Blue Owl Shares Post Worst Month Ever on Private Credit Fears." "KKR BDC Slides on Rise in Troubled Loans." "BlackRock Private Debt Fund Slumps After Slashing Dividend." "Apollo's MFIC Slashes Dividend, Mar...

2026-02-27 01:50:00 ET By Magdalena Ocampo, Market Strategist A volatile start to 2026: Rising geopolitical strains 2026, anticipated to bring stability after the turbulence of 2025, has instead begun with policy upheaval. A series of geopolitical flare-ups across multiple r...

2026-02-27 01:10:00 ET By Mi n Joo Kang , Senior Economist, South Korea and Japan Core inflation continued to cool, falling below the BoJ’s target Japan’s core inflation, excluding fresh food, eased to 1.8...

2026-02-25 03:30:00 ET By Min Joo Kang , Senior Economist, South Korea and Japan The Bank of Japan will base its rate hike decision on data, despite dovish tilt on board and government pressures Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: ...

2026-02-23 16:40:00 ET Transcript Markets are laser-focused on the AI buildout – but we see other forces at work as well. Geopolitical fragmentation has Japan and Europe ramping up fiscal spending, creating new return drivers.... Read the full article on See...

2026-02-23 08:46:00 ET By Deepali Bhargava, Regional Head of Research, Asia-Pacific The Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the reciprocal IEEPA tariffs could materially reshape the trade policy landscape. In response, US President Donald Trump swiftly announced ...

2026-02-20 22:40:00 ET Week in review - Tariffs and inflation The US Supreme Court struck down the administration's broad global tariffs under an emergency act (IEEPA). However, the administration is pivoting to alternative legal tools. US financial markets reacted posit...

2026-02-20 21:15:00 ET The rotation out of US equities is in its second year and going strong. The rest of the world may be having its share of problems, but underperforming stocks is not one of them. Here is a brief snapshot of how things are going in other parts of the globe, relative...

2026-02-17 19:00:00 ET Originally published on February 13, 2026 By Kei Okamura A landslide electoral mandate could speed up reforms, support domestic demand and push corporate cash into higher returns - key ingredients for a more durable re-rating of Japanese risk ass...