• Do you think we're seeing a resumption of the Sell America trade? We've got a weaker US dollar and perhaps the scene being set for one of these taco moments, Trump always chickens out.
    Paul Allen
  • He Be Chen
    The market seems to be taking a very risk-off position to these newly developed tariffs. The response to the market including the stock markets down, the US dollar style, the precious metal of gold silver price push up to all-time high. It's a very strong message just saying that the market is not yet okay. Instead, the anxiety and the uncertainty that's actually building up and that will potentially become the background for all the markets operate into 2026.
  • What do you feel the chances are of the European Union using that so-called anti-coercion instrument? And were it used, what would the market implications be?
    Paul Allen
  • He Be Chen
    Not even saying that apply the ACI, even they talk about ACI and the threat of ACI is already a quite a big step. It seems we open the door that we could sort of a tool in the toolbox they could potentially apply, including the restriction to the investments in restriction of the market entry. They will have quite profound impact not just for the US market, but also for the EU market and even broader for the global market.
  • Another US asset not doing particularly well at the moment is the US dollar. It's had its worst day in two months. What's your outlook for the Greenback?
    Paul Allen
  • He Be Chen
    The market now looking at tariffs has passed on the inflation implication, but rather on the trade risk, rather on a more structure and systemic risk. So that's the reason that underpin the weakness of the US dollar. So if that continues to be the case, the tensions continue to drive the market, I would expect the further lower down for the US dollar.
  • You mentioned a moment ago the US markets have been underperforming relative to Asian markets. Do you anticipate this trend to continue? If you're putting money to work right now, where do you go?
    Paul Allen
  • He Be Chen
    If you purely put in the US market will actually underperform quite significantly if you're putting on the Asia market. Whether or not I expect this trend to continue, I think it's very likely because capital is always looking for the smart way. So I would expect this sort of diversification either from a risk point of view, region point of view, from sector point of view will continue to spin up.
  • From a sector point of view, what do you like at the moment? I mean, defense stocks have been performing well. Do you see the tech story in Asia continuing or is there something else that you favor at the moment?
    Paul Allen
  • He Be Chen
    Defense and defensive both are the top beneficiary for this year given this unsettle and the anxiety here. For the tech sector, I still firmly believe in the potential for the AI technology even that there's a doubt about the AI bubble. But what I'm seeing is that fundamentally AI is changing the world, changing the way we live, the way we work. So any applications or any infrastructure beneath that I would expect that demand will only going up.
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