Global cyclicality is broadening, with non-tech exports doing well alongside tech. This gives a wider selection of stocks and supports a constructive view on Asian equities for the second half.
Conventional telecom companies across Asia are benefiting from regional consolidation and disciplined players monetizing higher data usage. This is a classic defensive sector and one of the largest bets in the portfolio.
Memory stocks have run hard, but reasonable valuation opportunities now exist in the Taiwan logic semiconductor value chain, where margins are sustainable and valuations are attractive in a higher-for-longer environment.