🚨 🇪🇺 ECB economists warn that elevated stock valuations—despite potentially reflecting AI’s transformative potential—could face a correction. As a handful of companies become increasingly central to the global economy, investors may demand higher risk premia. They caution that excessive optimism could drive prices beyond fundamentals, risking a sharp selloff when sentiment turns.
‼️ 🇮🇳 India’s short-term bond yields rose after the RBI moved to close its special dollar-deposit window for overseas residents a month early, potentially reducing support for the rupee. Citi expects recent rupee gains to be capped near 95 per dollar.
‼️ BREAKING: Unitree Robotics shares rose 629% in its Shanghai trading debut after raising 6.1 billion yuan ($904 million) in an initial public offering that will make it the first publicly traded humanoid robot maker in mainland China.
‼️ 🐂 BREAKING: Bank of America Securities’ latest global fund manager survey shows investor sentiment at its third-most bullish level since 2022, with portfolios already reflecting that optimism: cash holdings have fallen to 3.5%, below BofA’s 4.0% contrarian sell-signal threshold, while managers are a net 56% overweight global equities. Respondents also do not expect the Federal Reserve to raise rates before the midterm elections, despite fed funds futures still implying a meaningful probability of at least one 25-basis-point hike before November
‼️ Southeast Asian policymakers face a delicate balancing act: shielding businesses and consumers from volatile oil prices without stifling growth, which has already diverged across the region based on domestic resilience to Middle East tensions and exposure to technology exports. With the Middle East conflict unresolved and AI-driven demand sustaining global appetite for tech hardware, this growth bifurcation is likely to persist.