value investment strategies: As Fed bets are repriced, global fund managers look at cheap China; haven plays in Korea, India & Japan

A higher-for-longer interest rate environment is burnishing the credentials of cheap Chinese stocks and driving value investment strategies in Asia. Corporate reforms in Japan and South Korea will support a value thesis, according to JPMorgan Asset Management and AllianzGI. Meanwhile, M&G Investment Management is attracted by near record-low valuations for Chinese stocks. Other haven plays … Read more

China stock traders’ new mantra is enjoy the rally while it lasts

A stunning reversal in Chinese stocks from world’s worst to best performers is stoking cautious optimism that the rally will continue as long as favorable market policies remain in place. Rarely has a week gone by in 2024 without Beijing unleashing new measures to buttress the market or the economy. That policy resolve has pushed … Read more

Chinese stocks: Goldman’s painful lesson on China forces rethink of emerging markets

New York: Goldman Sachs Group’s head of global currency, rates and emerging-markets strategy says he’s learned two main main lessons from one of the biggest – and most-common – bad calls of 2023: the bet on post-pandemic China’s reopening boom. At the beginning of the year, Goldman was among the chorus of Wall Street banks … Read more