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CIO Corner
Weekly Investment Themes
Navigate the market landscape using CIO Office's Weekly Investment Themes, highlighting the week's crucial themes.
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Beyond the AI Hype
February 16, 2026
Market sentiment on AI has pivoted from productivity booster to a deflationary threat, with services-heavy economies most vulnerable. Swift selloffs hit AI-disrupted sectors while rotation has lately favored semiconductors and hardware. Mega-cap platforms face capex scrutiny as investors prioritize balance-sheet strength over thematic plays. Overall, we are keeping a close eye on USD weakening against JPY/RMB, with key market movers later this week: UK inflation, Fed minutes, and manufacturing data.
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Separate noise from signal
February 10, 2026
After historic decline and rebound in Gold and Silver in the prior week, tech stocks were whipsawed during earning season. Investors couldn’t decide which one is the bigger risk: AI can’t be monetized, or AI gets monetized too quickly and obliterates software… Given some of these trades were undoubtedly crowded, it’s reasonable to suspect de-leveraging were at play. (Bitcoin also added to it).
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Volatile Markets
February 03, 2026
Precious metals are retreating from parabolic highs amid broad risk-off sentiment triggered by Kevin Warsh's hawkish Fed Chair nomination. USD weakness has paused, while USDJPY has rebounded from potential-intervention lows. Key opportunities: fade overreactions in AI/Fed concerns, capitalize on attractive Treasury yields, and diversify into undervalued non-US markets with higher upside sensitivity.
Contributor
Julia Wang
CIO North Asia
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