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Editor’s Notes * Today has that classic risk-off tape with an extra layer of “this could gap again”. The headline is Trump’s tariff threat on Europe tied to Greenland, but the real market signal was capital flow behavior, not the soundbites. A Danish pension fund walking away from U.
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Editor’s Notes * Japan is back in the driver’s seat, but this is no longer a passive trade. The so-called Takaichi Trade is powering the Nikkei through exporters, defense, and AI-linked industrials, helped by yen weakness and fiscal expectations. That said, with daily moves stretching and policy optimism well
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Editor’s Notes: * The consumer is holding up better than feared. What stood out this week was the consistency of demand signals across regions. MUJI’s Asia-led growth speaks to real spending power, not just promotions, and J.B. Hunt’s customers talking about a potential $100–160bn spring tax
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Editor's Notes: * This is the Part II for the life science tools & services sector survey, mainly to assess "second-order implications" based on fundamental outlook vs. what's likely been priced in based on narratives. This piece provides a different perspective to double check on
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Editor's Notes: * We have run two AI-generated sector analyses this weekend on Life Science Tools & Services, as a follow up to our profile on Revvity earlier this week. * This industry has historically been a traditional cyclical industry. However, a few tailwinds may make this sector interesting -
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Editor's Notes: * New structural themes for 2026 are largely confirmed by the past few days' trading - governance / economic reform continues driving JP bull, HK markets ready for rerating but waiting for more substantial recovery catalysts, SaaS names are hated while Trump policy / AI supply beneficiaries dominate
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Editor's Notes: * We have seen consecutive days of stock price declines for SaaS names. This is part of a rotation. The deeper reason is likely a consensus forming around the generational profile shift from SaaS to AI apps. My thesis is that if SaaS players adopts AI aggressively,
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Editor's Notes: * Rotating Eastward: US stocks are expensive and subject to increasing policy uncertainties; naturally, investors are looking elsewhere. Asia markets already had a very strong 2025, and I expect the China consumption recovery play (e.g. Anta, Nongfu), China AI play, Asia healthcare innovation cycle, Japan revitalization,
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Editor's Notes: * As mentioned in the last daily brief newsletter, Revvity saw a 6%+ stock price jump yesterday, due to strong guidance and upward revision for 2025. * There are a few things to like about the current setup - (1) bad news are mostly priced in (China headwind)
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* Every market seems to be now dominated by policies and politics. I learnt from my 20 year career that policies are extremely difficult to predict, esp. in China and now US under Trump. For short-term investments, these policy-driven waves may be great profit making opportunities. For long-term holdings, I would
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Editor's Notes: * As investors start to reassess US risks and AI-related debates continuing, I expect to see more volatility for US stocks this year. * China stocks are back on my watchlist, as there is an increasing chance of consumption stabilization and a clear sign of sentiment recovery -
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Editor's Notes: * Below is a synthesis from 86 episodes of podcasts over the last 7 days. * New geopolitical order (or Trump) and AI dominate discussions. * Risk is rising - for regional conflicts, central bank politically-driven errors, tariff uncertainties, speed / magnitude of AI impact on job markets and populist