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Japan’s reflating economy is kindling new hopes
Following decades of price stagnation and declines, Japan’s push to bring back “good inflation” is finally bearing fruit. But how sustainable is it?
China + 1 = ASEAN: A winning formula
A pandemic, a war and geopolitical tensions have caused global firms to rethink their supply chains, and many are eyeing the ASEAN region.
A new golden age for China’s investment sector
China’s investment and wealth management industry is embracing a golden age. The onshore markets will remain an attractive long-term investment destination.
New world, new playbook
We move into 2023 in a changed world, and the opportunities and challenges will be different for investors going forward.
Chart Room: Supercharged commodities spell a regime change for investing
Demand for real assets neglected in the pandemic could be set to surge as the world shifts to a new, sustainable paradigm, but there will also be more pain
Corporates weigh the cost of long-term Russia exits
Our latest Fidelity International Analyst Survey suggests that for many companies Russia may be un-investable for years to come
China as a new safe haven?
Looming stagflation and war effects have global investors searching for havens. China represents a less conventional option with diversification benefits.
ESGenius: Cows, methane and the climate threat
A number of pioneering methods to avoid or reduce atmospheric methane from livestock are catching the attention of investors focused on sustainability.
The Investor's Guide to China podcast: China in the world
"Xi Jingping completely changed the mould," says Louis-Vincent Gave, CEO and Founder of Gavekal.
Macau rebound a test case for China’s outbound travel
The ‘Las Vegas of the East’ is betting its long-standing travel bubble with mainland China can endure.
Chart Room: What Japan’s digital transformation means for markets
After years as relative laggards, Japanese companies are diving headfirst into DX, or digital transformation, and investors should take notice.
Rich Pickings podcast: The real workhorse of Asia Pacific
"Emerging growth versus value orientation and corporate governance changes makes for a really attractive region," says portfolio manager Dale Nicholls.
Chart Room: Why dividends make sense in an inflationary environment
History shows how dividend-focused investment strategies can provide sustainable income in a reflationary environment.
The Investor's Guide to China podcast: Trade and growth
"Despite geopolitical friction capital flows to China look set not just to persist but to accelerate," says CIO for Asia Pacific, Paras Anand.
March's Rich Pickings podcast: The Testing of The Fed and other tales of central bank credibility
"Maintaining the debt is an important part of central banks' objectives even if they don't openly talk about it," says head of global macro Salman Ahmed.
Flows vs friction
Growth opportunities in post-pandemic Asia are set to propel a long-term boom in equity capital markets, as the region draws in ever greater inflows.
Chart Room: Staying afloat amid a rising tide of debt
Central banks have been playing a key role in keeping higher debt loads affordable.
Chart Room: Risk-on and on, with caveats
Caution and careful positioning are important from here, based on the latest readings from Fidelity’s risk aversion indicator.
What’s ahead for China’s markets in the Year of the Ox
Investors keen to see whether China’s bull market can keep charging ahead in the lunar Year of the Ox will be focused on recovery and monetary policy.
Chart Room: Emerging markets and the reopening trade
Emerging EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and Latin American stocks are particularly well positioned to reap the benefits of reopening.
China, the West and the rest: how vaccine rollouts are progressing
With little fanfare, China is firing on all cylinders to vaccinate tens of millions of people, even as domestic spread of the virus appears mild.
Chart Room: Deploying the fiscal firehose
Chart Room: Deploying the fiscal firehose
The Investor's Guide to China podcast: Belt and Road
What China's flagship economic initiative can tell investors about the country and where it goes next.
November's Rich Pickings: Outlook 2021
Fidelity's chief investment officers discuss the paths they're taking in the year ahead.
Chart Room: Oil vs gold - two sides of the reopening trade
Chart Room: Oil vs gold - two sides of the reopening trade
Chart Room: Asia’s export engine supercharged by new trade deal
Chart Room: Asia’s export engine supercharged by new trade deal
US Elections: As the dust settles
Beyond the elections, the longer-term focus is on the US domestic economy, regionalisation of global trade, and the resilience of emerging and Asian markets.
US election outcomes: Implications for growth and policy
US election Outcomes: Implications for growth and policy
Growth targets take a backseat in China’s new economic plan
Domestic consumption and technology growth will be prioritised as the government reveals overarching guidelines for the country’s 14th five-year plan.
US elections podcast: The very different fiscal scenarios
Fidelity's Global Head of Macro Salman Ahmed on why the US is on the verge of an economic paradigm shift.
The hidden dragon of 2020
As global investors scramble to digest paradigm shifts, another change of seismic scale has gone under-noticed in a year full of twists and turns.
Fidelity Analyst Survey: Sentiment improves again but could be nearing plateau
October’s survey of Fidelity International’s analysts reveals that sentiment and leading indicators are once again incrementally better than last month.
Mapping US election tail risks: a framework-based approach
Mapping US election tail risks: a framework-based approach
October's CIO podcast: Strength in numbers
Fidelity International's Chief Investment Officer Andrew McCaffery gives his latest analysis of markets and what it means for investors.
The inflation puzzle and how to tackle it
Will inflation return despite dis-inflationary forces?
Podcast: The future of... banking
"Banks are increasingly fulfilling a social role," says cross-asset analyst Federico Wynne.
Near-zero rates expected through 2023 amid Fed concern about the economy
Fed offers forward guidance following shift in inflation targeting framework.
ESGenius: Getting to net zero in real estate
ESGenius: Getting to net zero in real estate
CIO update podcast: How to spot resilience
CIO Andrew McCaffery on market sentiment, Fed commitments, and what we mean by resilience.
Fidelity CIOs: Focus on resilience
Greater focus on resilience and sustainability is benefiting domestic economies and altering supply chains.
Fed resets framework for greater flexibility
Rates likely to remain low even if inflation moderately overshoots target.
Why India could be the next breeding ground for tech unicorns
The Silicon Valley giants are shifting their attention to India as the next big growth market.
GEARs: Bursting through the ceiling?
Fidelity International’s GEAR (Gauges of Economic Activity in Real Time) activity indicators continue to rebound strongly.
The Investor's Guide to China podcast: Consumers
"Premiumisation and technology-driven innovative business models are two areas where growth potential is underestimated," says Portfolio Manager Hyomi Jie.
Chinese banks are due for national service
As governments around the world exhaust their policy arsenals to save economies, China is reaching for a secret weapon unrivaled by most countries.
A heavy outlook for the US Dollar
The relentless spread of Covid-19 across the US and improving risk sentiment elsewhere is crimping demand for the safe-haven reserve currency.
Biden is the change candidate in the US elections
Democrat hopeful Joe Biden is the current favourite to win in November's US presidential elections, but it is too early to take a firm view.
With nowhere to go, Chinese tourists spend closer to home
Most travel destinations remain off-limits, and as Chinese people’s savings have increased, so has their pent-up demand and desire to treat themselves.
Using gold to hedge an extreme world
Gold can act as a useful hedge against future financial distress and potential selloffs in risk assets
Fidelity CIO Outlook Q3: Nearing the limit
Markets will struggle to surpass second quarter rebound.
Chart Room: Robots on the rise in a post-Covid world
We think factory automation will accelerate further in a post-Covid world, as machines don’t get sick and can work continuously excluding maintenance.
Covid health code reveals China’s big data edge
A key to China’s success in containing the coronavirus, the health code’s propagation evinces a major advantage in big data development.
Sustainability Report 2020: Fidelity CEO Anne Richards on sustainable capitalism
Capitalism is undergoing one of its periodic reinventions.
Sustainable capitalism: Public and private combine to aid recovery
Companies and governments are working together to tackle the current crises and meet future challenges.
Macroeconomic update: Taking the elevator down and the stairs back up
We have downgraded our 2020 growth numbers for all three scenarios, across both developed markets and emerging markets.
June's Rich Pickings podcast: Know your enemy
"The anaesthetist has shown up to give morphine [to the global economy] but the doctor's still not shown up to do surgery," says Portfolio Manager Amit Lodha.
Finding genuinely defensive ways to diversify portfolios
What constitutes a defensive asset in the time of Covid-19?
Sustainable investing: Accelerating evolution
The assumption that shareholder returns should be maximised at any cost has been challenged.
The New Prime: Cashflow trumps location for real estate investors
The New Prime: Cashflow trumps location for real estate investors
Elections in the time of coronavirus and recession
Elections in the time of coronavirus and recession
US-China trade war: The chips are down for tech supply chains
The latest front in the US-China trade war centers on tighter sanctions on the Chinese tech giant Huawei.
GEARs: China roars while the global economy snores
Our Gauges of Economic Activity in Real time (GEARs), a proxy for three-month annualised growth, improved this month but remain in extreme hibernation.
Dislocation, dislocation, dislocation: Opportunities in UK real estate
Opportunities in UK real estate amid Covid-19
Fed in a holding pattern, for now
Trajectory of the recovery remains uncertain despite better employment figures in May.
ESGenius: A sustainability lens can help discern the trends that matter
By focusing on the sustainability of businesses, we can differentiate between the drivers that are fleeting, and those that are truly influential.
Valuations come to the fore in Hong Kong
Hong Kong equity valuations have been torpedoed by a slew of negative events, we see opportunities here for long-term investors.
Japanification in 12 charts
Many western economies are mirroring Japan’s experience over the past 30 years.These 12 charts show how some of the key trends are playing out.
Chart Room: QE expectations vs. reality, market moves
Market expectations of future asset purchases by the Fed have an even greater influence than the purchases themselves.
Public equity markets are flagging when we need them the most
Revived public equity markets will be needed to recapitalise additional debt burdens resulting from the Covid-19 crisis response.
Fidelity CIO: Thinking differently about diversification
Portfolios may need to encompass a broader range of assets than in the past.
Central banks in emerging markets hop on the bond-buying bandwagon
EM central bankers are taking a page from the developed-market playbook and purchasing local bonds as a way to cushion the blow
Macro briefing: EU Commission unveils historic aid package tied to Green Deal
The EU package is structured in the form of €500 billion of grants while the remaining €250 billion will be made available as loans.
Is the US turning Japanese?
A higher post-coronavirus savings rate in the US risks pushing the country into a low growth spiral similar to that which first ensnared Japan 30 years ago.
The end of the journey to the West: Chinese tech firms come home
The tides of global capital markets have turned for Chinese tech firms. Instead of US listings, they are starting to find greater China more compelling.
The Investor's Guide to China podcast: Technology and innovation
"Artificial intelligence and specifically deep learning is where China is going to be the leader," says Senior Technology Analyst Johnny Tseng.
Fidelity CIOs: Effects of monetary explosion
The sheer scale of central bank action could store up problems for the future.
Fidelity CIOs: Spotlight on solvency
Balance sheets come under scrutiny.
How India’s economy is navigating Covid-19
As the world begins to come out of lockdowns and economies normalise, India can offer bright spots for emerging market investors.
China’s tourists step out again
Over 100 million travellers in China hit the road over the five-day May Day holiday, the first big test for tourism since lockdowns started being lifted.
“Just in case” and the case for conditionality
This crisis has shown us that contingency planning is as important as risk mitigation and supply chain optimisation.
Fidelity CIO: The income conundrum
Stable and predictable income streams may become harder to find.
The New Economic Order
We believe the Covid-19 crisis will trigger a step-change in policy, accelerate existing trends and transform investment frameworks.
Chart Room: More policy easing supports China bonds
This week’s Chart Room shows how ample liquidity is helping China’s onshore bond markets navigate around global volatility.
A shelter from the storm, for now: China’s bond market set to open further
When global fixed income investors scrambled for cover last month, China’s onshore bond market was a rare haven with low volatility and no liquidity crunch.
China’s economy is turning the corner after a historically bad GDP contraction
China’s economy is turning the corner after a historically bad GDP contraction
Survival and sustainability
Research into ESG factors and the Feb-March bear market
Outrunning a crisis: Sustainability and market outperformance
Outrunning a crisis: Sustainability and market performance
Chart room: Japanification and the rise of the widow maker trade
Chart room: Japanification and the rise of the widow maker trade
Delayed demand making its return to China’s property market
New home sales are recovering faster than expected in China. This has big implications for domestic demand and the macroeconomic outlook.
Crisis drives shift in public/private relationship not seen since WWII
State aid for companies is likely to come with conditions attached.
Podcast: Positioning for a post-pandemic world
"We're going to be in an environment with a much more purpose-driven corporate sector," says Chief Investment Officer for Asia Pacific Paras Anand.
Strong underpinnings to Asia’s investment grade bond market
Asia’s investment grade bond market looks attractive as we continue working through the Covid-19 outbreak, and global coordinated stimulus take effect.
Fidelity CIOs: A new paradigm
The Covid crisis is accelerating changes already underway.
A cautious consumer rebound takes hold in China
Chinese consumers are offering a ray of hope in the economic wreckage from the Covid-19 coronavirus
Fidelity CIOs: Dollar devaluation could be the end game from Fed actions
Fiscal and monetary stimulus could weaken the dollar and be inflationary.
China and its neighbours reboot supply chains
As China’s economy emerges from lockdown, activity across Asia’s sprawling network of factories, ports and logistics hubs is picking up.
Why the coronavirus crisis is more like 1918 than 2008
Why the coronavirus crisis is more like 1918 than 2008
Fidelity analysts say China will lead recovery from virus
Fidelity analysts say China will lead recovery from virus
China gets back to business
How fast and how fully activity recovers in China will have huge implications for one of the world’s key economic growth engines.
Cool Heads: Fidelity CIOs on oil crash, volatility and what's next
Managing liquidity is key.
Outbreak deepens China’s e-commerce push
While the coronavirus threatens to put a dent in China’s overall growth, pockets of the online economy are booming.
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