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CIO Perspectives: Road to The White House and Healthcare’s Turnaround

Following Super Tuesday and the Supreme Court ruling that Trump can stay on ballot, the US election is set to be a rematch between two gentlemen who have each been president for four years. This week, our APAC Head of Investment Strategy looks at the state of the race and its potential market impact, and also highlight the Healthcare sector as a likely outperformer this year regardless of who wins in November.

CIO Perspectives: Road to The White House and Healthcare’s Turnaround

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CIO Perspectives: Finding Undiscounted Value in a Growing Economy

Since the start of 2023, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq has grown a staggering 33.8% and 55.5% respectively. Over the same 14 months, the MSCI Japan index has gone up by 28% in USD terms despite the weaker yen. How is this possible? Will we continue to see this trend in the US and is Japan’s equities rise done? Our APAC Head of Investment Strategy provides some answers to these questions in this episode of CIO Perspectives.

CIO Perspectives: Finding Undiscounted Value in a Growing Economy

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FX Perspectives: A Continuation of Correlation Breakdowns

In the previous podcast, our Global Head of FX described the breakdown in correlations between the broad-based dollar Index (DXY) and US rates. In this episode, we continue to see something similar happening on a smaller scale. Join us again as we discuss recent FX events and some developments in the Asian region that helped reduce FX volatility in this new environment.

FX Perspectives: A Continuation of Correlation Breakdowns

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CIO Perspectives: US Strength and Changes to our Asset Allocation

Welcome to another edition of CIO Perspectives. This week, our senior investment strategist looks at the changes made by our Global Investment Committee (GIC) at its February meeting. The GIC tweaked its asset allocation to reflect the strength in US markets and in particular, healthcare and its sub-sectors.

CIO Perspectives: US Strength and Changes to our Asset Allocation

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CIO Perspectives: China - Will It Work This Time?

After a week-long Lunar New Year holiday, Chinese authorities stepped up measures to boost its ailing economy and markets, with a rare 25bp cut to the mortgage rate and a ban on net selling in the first and last 30 minutes of equity trading. But after a whole year of policies that could not reverse the direction of the market, will these policies be the missing pieces of the puzzle?

CIO Perspectives: China - Will It Work This Time?

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CIO Perspectives: Investing With A Warmer Than Expected US Economy

In the past couple of months, US macro data had shown that the economy was running faster than we expected. What does this mean for investments? Are our views now incorrect? This week, our APAC Head of Investment Strategy breaks down the latest developments for us and considerations for the investment portfolio.

CIO Perspectives: Investing With A Warmer Than Expected US Economy

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CIO Perspectives: Climbing the Walls of Worries

This week, two markets seem to be dealing with very distinct walls of worries. In the US, new highs in equities, led to worries about how long the rally could last, while in China, new lows with repeated disappointments are where the worries are from. Our APAC Head of Investment Strategy identifies and addresses these worries in the world's two largest markets.

CIO Perspectives: Climbing the Walls of Worries

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FX Perspectives: Correlation breakdowns between DXY and Other Assets

In our first FX podcast for 2024, we discuss the correlation breakdowns between the DXY and other asset classes, including what is happening between US short rates and DXY. Our Global Head of FX Strategy tells us who could likely benefit and may underperform in this environment.

FX Perspectives: Correlation breakdowns between DXY and Other Assets

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CIO Perspectives: Citi's Asset Allocation Views as Fed Keeps Rates Steady

The Fed in its first meeting kept rates on hold. This is in line with our expectations and our Asset Allocation views. In this episode, our APAC senior investment analyst breaks down the reasons why we decided to keep the our views steady and our expectations of where the rates could go from here.

CIO Perspectives: Citi's Asset Allocation Views as Fed Keeps Rates Steady