Charles Stanley's John Redwood: The truth behind lowly-valued Asian markets

Japan favourable to China

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At a time when Wall Street has reached new all-time highs, there has been some favourable effects on share markets around the world.

The bulls are buying, hoping that there will be some modest trade deal soon between the US and China. Meanwhile, all can enjoy the benefits of low interest rates and more money available as central banks seek to boost weak economies.   PineBridge's Soon: The biggest myths about investing in Asian small caps The Japanese and Chinese stockmarkets have not performed in line with the main Western markets in recent decades. While day-to-day they often react in a similar direction to the same world news about trade or interest rates or Wall Street, the underlying pattern of prices has be...

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