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European equities enter late 2025 with rates likely past their peak, earnings normalizing, and performance dispersion widening by sector. Income remains a meaningful slice of total return as dividend yields in energy, financials and defensives offset slower top-line growth. Cyclical sensitivity persists in basic materials and some consumer names, while multi‑year secular stories in semiconductors, automation and high‑quality healthcare retain attractive risk‑reward. Balance‑sheet quality and cash conversion are increasingly decisive differentiators, with highly levered telecoms and staples facing tighter flexibility. Against this backdrop, we favor cash‑rich compounders with structural tailwinds and credible capital‑return frameworks, while remaining selective in higher‑beta cyclicals where spreads, input costs, and policy risk can swiftly alter equity narratives.
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Global auto is in a transition slowdown, not a demand collapse. Across the reviews, EV growth is uneven, price competition is intense, and tariffs and changing incentives are reshaping where and what gets built. Hybrids are winning share as a profitable bridge, while many pure‑EV programs are being paced to economics. Balance‑sheet strength and localization are the key shock absorbers: incumbents with cash and flexible product mixes (hybrids/EV/ICE) can defend margins; capital‑hungry challengers face higher financing and execution risk. Software, ADAS and energy/storage remain important optionality, but legal and regulatory scrutiny is rising. Income remains a meaningful part of total return in Europe and Korea, while the U.S. features higher beta and greater dispersion. The investment climate favors disciplined operators with cash generation, tariff hedges and credible cost downs over volume chasers.
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Asia’s equity landscape is bifurcating between AI-driven capital expenditure winners and consumer/cyclicals navigating slower growth and policy uncertainty. Semiconductors and test equipment benefit from secular demand in AI compute and advanced packaging, with top-tier players showing exceptional margins and cash generation. Financials are attractive for dividends and improving returns, though the rate cycle is turning and credit normalization bears watching. Autos/EVs remain mixed: leaders show scale and cash buffers, but free cash flow and pricing discipline vary widely. Internet platforms in China display strong balance sheets yet face profitability and regulatory overhangs. Consumer staples and healthcare tilt defensive, with select names offering quality and yield but limited re‑rating until growth visibly reaccelerates.
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The Americas equity landscape remains bifurcated between AI-led growth and rate‑sensitive defensives. Mega-cap tech continues to compound on superior margins and cash generation, fueled by an unprecedented AI infrastructure cycle and software monetization ambitions. Financials in the U.S. and Canada benefit from resilient credit and fee income, while LatAm banks and platforms show robust ROE and secular digitization tailwinds despite macro sensitivity. Energy is steady but cyclical, with cash returns balancing softer y/y comps. Staples trade on durability, though select names face margin repair and payout constraints. Against this backdrop, balance-sheet strength, pricing power, and clear paths to operating leverage are commanding valuation premia into 2026–2028.
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Europe’s equity landscape into 2026–2028 is defined by rate normalization, valuation dispersion, and a pronounced tilt toward income and cash discipline. Dividend carry remains a key component of total return as growth slows from 2024 peaks and investors reward balance‑sheet resilience and free‑cash‑flow visibility. Secular growth vectors are intact in select areas—AI‑driven semicap, industrial automation, and GLP‑1 therapeutics—while defensives with credible self‑help (cash conversion, deleveraging, portfolio focus) screen best on a risk‑adjusted basis. Cyclicals remain more tactical, with steel and construction sensitive to spreads and execution. Overall, Europe offers a barbell: quality compounders with long runways on one side and high‑yield cash engines on the other, provided payout coverage remains robust.
