Market and Geopolitical Risks: Mid-year review and H2 outlook for investors

Great expectations from November 2024 to January 2025 turned into a pessimistic outlook in February to April, then into renewed hopes in May to June. 

The first half of the year was marked by pro-business hopes initially, which then shifted to an unprecedented market volatility, USD weakness and capital flight from US markets among many other pivotal events that have occurred so far.

Watch the following video as Olivier d'Assier, Head of Investment Decision Research, APAC discusses the following risks and events that defined the past six months and what APAC investors can expect for the rest of the 2025:

• Investor Sentiment
• Bond Market Reaction
• Global Trade and Tariffs
• Geopolitical Tensions  
• Contrarian Strategies Outperform
• US Dollar Weakness
• Capital Flight
• US and China Relationship
• Federal Reserve Concerns  
• Peace Dividend Hopes 

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