As of early February, I have updated the Other International Focused Funds section (our continuously updated post containing all funds is here with November research removed) plus a few January or more December or Q4 updates have become available. Starting with some non-EM pieces:
- 🔬🌐 Eight reasons to like investment grade bonds in 2025 (abrdn) – Felix Freund outlines eight key factors that he believes should support investment grade bonds in 2025:
- Trump concerns likely well priced in now…
- …and some potential Trump positives too
- Attractive all-in yields
- Relative safety benefits of IG bonds
- Good corporate fundamentals
- Interest rate-cutting environment
- Likely inflows from money market funds
- Moderate growth usually the ‘sweetspot’ for IG credit
- 🔬🎥🌐 Schneider’s Growth Turns Electric (2:13 Minutes) – Demand is on the rise for energy-efficient electrical systems and automation tools. This is helping Schneider Electric SE (EPA: SU / ETR: SND / OTCMKTS: SBGSY) to grow revenue at a rate that defies the stereotype of big, old Industrials companies.
New Asia Fund Documents & Research
- 🔬🌏 This JPMorgan piece covers India, China, and Korea plus mentioned several tech stocks: Optimistic about Asia’s technology powerhouses and improving corporate governance – The portfolio management team believe that the Asian technology powerhouses are reason enough to invest in the Asia ex-Japan region. As such, JAGI’s biggest overweight vs. the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan benchmark is in the technology sector.
- 📈🇨🇳 Harding Loevner Chinese Equity’s detailed Q4 quarterly report (detailed economic and portfolio) is roughly 4 pages and discussed a number of stocks.
To read more, please visit this article on Substack
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