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Lack of profitability among EM corporates has dragged the sector down in the last several years, but the poor performance has reached its trough and the only way is up, argues Emma Bullock from Saunderson House.
Software, chemicals and industrial suppliers are among the under-appreciated European stocks that can survive the worst of the slowdown, explains Swiss & Global's Can Elbi.
Debt levels remain extraordinarily high, and UK growth is being driven by debt-fuelled consumption and the wealth effects of overheating residential property, says Miton's Eric Moore.
The risk that Europe is facing a Japan-style 'lost two decades' is increasing, and the euro will likely fall further, says UBP's Jean-Sylvain Perrig.
Peripheral Europe economies are diverging and investors should think of Spanish and Italian sovereigns as a rate trade, not a credit play, explains Carmignac's Sandra Crowl.
The golden age of exceptionally low bond volatility is drawing to a close, and investors would be wise to lock in any handsome profits before monetary policy shifts, explains Lombard Odier's Grant Peterkin.
The single biggest challenge facing markets is normalisation of monetary policy, but although central banks are urging caution, markets are ignoring the warnings, argues Jupiter's Miles Geldard.
Abenomics is not the whole picture for investors in Japan - the country's corporates have undergone a slow revolution too, explains AXA Framlington's Chisako Hardie.