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From China’s artificial-intelligence successes to Dubai’s immigrant-led boom and rising prospects of debt restructuring in Venezuela and Lebanon, the winning emerging-market trades of 2025 all help investors withstand President Donald Trump’s trade agenda.
Such selective trades are protecting investors from the unpredictability of Trump’s second term because they aren’t reliant on exports to the US, interest-rate cuts or a weak dollar.
While benchmark indexes across stocks, bonds and currencies in developing markets have had the best start in years, the end of February brought a selloff, triggered by yet another of Trump’s tariff threats. EM assets traded little changed Monday as European leaders scurried to craft a plan for saving Ukraine — after a public showdown between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the White House.
“Despite all this negativity, one needs to find dislocation in market prices that give opportunities,” said Jitania Kandhari, deputy CIO at Morgan Stanley Investment Management.
Those ideas come in different shapes. Take the artificial-intelligence rally. Last year, investors earned some of the biggest returns in emerging markets by chasing local companies that get a boost from the AI boom in the US. The 81% surge in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, which makes chips used in AI applications, is an example.
This year, investors are dumping TSMC and buying Alibaba Group Holding, driving a 56% gain in the shares which accounted for more than two-thirds of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index’s advance in 2025.
Alibaba’s main appeal is that it focuses on China’s domestic AI adoption, not the spillover revenue from the US. That makes it a hedge against Trump’s tariffs as China will continue to invest in the technology. Plus, the DeepSeek saga has underscored the country’s strengths independent of the US.
Playing with the peg
For equity investors, a major risk is a stronger dollar that erodes returns earned in local currencies. That makes countries with stable currencies more compelling — especially if they have solid reserves to back up their pegs and dynamic growth stories.
“Many Middle East nations are interesting options,” said Brendan McKenna, an EM economist and FX strategist at Wells Fargo Securities in New York. “The United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar in particular can act as safe havens or locations for investors to deploy capital and be isolated from Trump risk.”
The benchmark index in Dubai rose to a record high in February as an influx of expatriates boosted demand for everything from houses to cars and banking services. Besides a currency peg, many companies also have government backing, which ensures their revenue streams.
“Because the dirham is pegged to the dollar, investors in the UAE stock market are not exposed to FX risk,” said Carl Tohme, a fund manager at Cheyne Capital. “This is an advantage in a highly fluid situation globally.”
Trade shifts
Morgan Stanley IM focuses on economies with lower export sensitivity, a new domestic credit cycle, potential to benefit from global trade shifts and standalone reform stories.
The asset manager’s favoured targets are “companies and countries in Southeast Asia benefiting from the flow of capital and trade changes, pockets of eastern Europe, some oversold markets in Latam and some idiosyncratic frontier markets,” Kandhari said.
In Latin America, Brazil is emerging as an outperformer not only because of cheap valuations and prospects for rate hikes but also because it is not Mexico — the country directly in the crosshairs of Trump’s trade and foreign-policy assertions.
UBS Group AG is going long on the real versus the peso “to position for a divergence amidst real’s relative cheapness, carry and Brazil’s relatively low vulnerability to tariff risks vis-a-vis Mexico,” said Rohit Arora, EM strategist at the Swiss bank.
Standalone stories
In Colombia, the prospect of a business- and reform-friendly government coming to power next year has taken the country’s currency and stocks to the top of the EM leaderboard. Most of Venezuela’s defaulted bonds have left the “20 cent club”, trading above that limit for the first time in years as restructuring hopes build.
Turkey’s policy of keeping the lira appreciating in inflation-adjusted terms has made the volatile currency unusually stable for global investors, allowing them to benefit from double-digit carry returns. The country, along with Argentina, are touted as major reform story, resilient in the face of trade threats.
For many investors, including UBS, local-currency bonds are becoming a favoured asset class. Even as Trump’s tariffs may fuel US inflation and weigh on Federal Reserve easing, that won’t stop EM disinflation and rate cuts, they say. Those expectations have already spurred Bloomberg’s index for the asset class to the best start to a year since 2019.
“Selective investment in local-currency debt will tend to outperform,” said Marcelo Assalin, head of EM debt at William Blair. “The higher-yielding currencies like Brazil, Mexico, South Africa [and] Turkey will tend to outperform this year because they are very undervalued fundamentally and they offer much higher carry to investors.”
While the plethora of seemingly resilient investments have worked well in the first two months of the year, some investors caution against extrapolating the gains to the full year. On the last day of February, EM assets witnessed an across-the-board slump, highlighting how fragile these positions can be. to a tariff escalation.
“This is a storm that no one will be completely immune to,” said Charles Diebel, head of fixed income at Mediolanum International Funds.
What to Watch
- Across several emerging markets, data on purchasing managers’ indexes and inflation will be released, giving insights into economic activity at the start of the year
Wednesday’s Caixin China PMIs, both services and composite, will be keenly watched after a similar measure for manufacturing showed a faster expansion in February
- Turkey’s policymakers will announce their interest-rate decision on Thursday. Economists expect a 250 basis-point cut to 42.5%
Turkey will follow this with a release on inflation expectations on Friday which will give clues on whether the easing can continue
- Hungary and South Africa will detail GDP figures Tuesday
- Ukraine will announce a decision on its key rate on Thursday — as the country faces an uncertain path amid political rumblings over a peace process. Economies see a 100 basis-point hike to 15.5%.
- Mexico watchers will be looking out for the Central Bank Economist Survey on Monday, reserves data on Tuesday and inflation on Friday
USD/CHF posts modest losses to around 0.9020 in Monday’s early European session.
The rising bets of Fed rate cuts weigh on the US Dollar.
The uncertainty and escalating tension boost safe-haven assets like the Swiss FrancThe USD/CHF pair trades with mild losses near 0.9020 during the early European session on Tuesday. The weaker US Dollar (USD) broadly drags the pair lower. Traders will take more cues from the US ISM Manufacturing PMI report, which is due later on Monday. On Friday, the attention will shift to the US ISM Manufacturing PMI data.
Meanwhile, the US Dollar Index ( DXY), a measure of the value of the USD against a basket of six foreign currencies, weakens to nearly 107.25. Traders continue to price in the chance that the US Federal Reserve (Fed) will cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point twice by the end of this year. This, in turn, weighs on the Greenback against the Swiss Franc (CHF).
Additionally, the uncertainty and escalating tension surrounding the Russia and Ukraine conflict could boost the safe-haven demand, benefiting the Swiss Franc (CHF). US President Donald Trump stated on the weekend that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was disrespectful" and canceled the signing of a minerals deal that would have brought Ukraine closer to resolving its conflict with Russia. Investors will closely monitor the developments surrounding Russia's headlines.
Gold price gained some positive traction on Monday amid modest US Dollar weakness.
Bets that the Fed will cut rates again undermine the USD and benefit the XAU/USD pair.
Concerns about Trump’s tariff plans and a global trade war also support the commodity.
Gold price (XAU/USD) kicks off the new week on a positive note and recovers further from over a three-week low, around the $2,833-2,832 region touched on Friday. Despite Friday's in-line US inflation data, traders continue to price in the possibility that the Federal Reserve (Fed) will cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point twice by the end of this year. This, along with the emergence of fresh selling around the US Dollar (USD), lends support to the non-yielding yellow metal.
Apart from this, concerns about the potential economic fallout from US President Donald Trump's tariff plans and geopolitical risk turn out to be other factors underpinning the safe-haven Gold price. However, the lack of follow-through buying warrants some caution before confirming that the XAU/USD's recent corrective pullback from the all-time peak has run its course. Traders might also opt to wait for this week's release of important US macro data scheduled for the beginning of a new month.
Gold price is underpinned by bets for more Fed rate cuts and a weaker USD
The US Bureau of Economic Analysis reported on Friday that the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Price Index rose 0.3% in January and increased 2.5% over the past twelve months, down slightly from 2.6% in December.
Adding to this, the core PCE Price Index, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, gained 0.3% last month and climbed 2.6% on a yearly basis in January, marking a notable deceleration from 2.9% in the previous month.
The report further revealed that US consumer spending unexpectedly dropped 0.2% last month, marking the first decline since March 2023 and the biggest decrease in nearly four years, fueling worries about the US growth outlook.
According to the CME Group's FedWatch Tool, market participants are pricing in the possibility that the Federal Reserve will resume cutting interest rates at the June policy meeting and lower borrowing costs again in September.
This comes on top of worries that US President Donald Trump's trade tariffs would undermine consumer spending and fail to assist the US Dollar to capitalize on a three-day-old recovery move from over a two-month low.
Trump confirmed that he will impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting Tuesday and announced plans to double the 10% universal tariff on imports from China, raising the risk of a global trade war and benefiting the safe-haven Gold price.
Traders now look to the US ISM Manufacturing PMI for some impetus later this Monday. Apart from this, other key US macro releases, including the Nonfarm Payrolls report on Friday, should influence the near-term USD trajectory.
Gold price technical setup warrants caution before placing fresh bullish bets
From a technical perspective, last week's breakdown below the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement level of the December-February rally was seen as a key trigger for sellers. Moreover, oscillators on the daily chart have just started gaining negative traction, and back prospects for an extension of the corrective pullback from the all-time peak.
Hence, any subsequent move up might still be seen as a selling opportunity and remain capped near the $2,885 region. This is closely followed by the $2,900 mark, above which the Gold price could climb to the $2,934 intermediate hurdle en route to the record high, around the $2,956 region.
On the flip side, Friday's swing low, around the $2,833-2,832 zone, now seems to protect the immediate downside, below which the Gold price could fall to 38.2% Fibo. level, around the $2,815-2,810 region. Some follow-through selling below the $2,800 mark would suggest that the commodity has topped out and could pave the way for deeper losses.
China’s manufacturing activity picked up last month, according to a private survey, indicating economic resilience in the face of US President Donald Trump slapping more tariffs on the Asian nation’s exports.
The Caixin manufacturing purchasing managers index rose to 50.8 in February from 50.1 a month earlier, Caixin and S&P Global said in a statement on Monday. That compared to the median forecast of 50.4 by economists. An official gauge of factory activity released on Saturday showed a return to expansion in February.
Any reading above 50 signals an expansion of activity, and a figure below that means contraction.
The latest data comes as policymakers are expected to announce during a major meeting of the nation’s legislature this week that they will push China’s official budget deficit target to the highest in over three decades, pumping trillions of yuan into a system battling deflation, a property crash and a trade war with the US.
Thousands of delegates including ministry chiefs and provincial leaders will gather on Wednesday in Beijing for the conclave, where officials will set a bullish growth goal of around 5%, according to most analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.
Economists have been calling for more stimulus, especially as the Trump administration takes aim at China with a series of moves involving investment, trade and other issues. It also plans an additional 10% tariff of Chinese shipments that is to take effect on Tuesday. China’s economy has been heavily reliant on exports for growth, irking some trade partners and prompting calls for bolstering the services sector.
The Caixin results have been mostly stronger than the official poll over the past year. The two surveys cover different sample sizes, locations and business types, with the private poll focusing on small and export-oriented firms.
Japan's factory activity shrank for an eighth consecutive month in February, while worries about US protectionist trade policies weighed on firms' outlook, a private-sector survey showed on Monday.
The final au Jibun Bank Japan manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) rose slightly to 49.0 from 48.7 in January, indicating the softest contraction in three months.
The index was slightly higher than 48.9 in the flash reading but stayed below the 50.0 threshold that separates growth from contraction for the eighth straight month.
"Firms often mentioned weakness in domestic and global manufacturing demand and confidence," said Usamah Bhatti at S&P Global Market Intelligence, which compiled the survey.
Firms cited muted demand conditions, particularly from the United States, Europe and China, according to the survey.
The key subindex of output shrank for the sixth straight month in February on softer global demand, but the pace of contraction eased from January.
New orders extended contraction, staying below the 50.0 threshold since mid-2023, with firms citing weak client confidence in Japan and the international market.
Japanese manufacturers stayed positive about their business outlook in February, though the level of optimism eased sharply from the previous month. Their expectations for the year-ahead outlook for output softened to the lowest since June 2020, the survey found.
US President Donald Trump's tariff threat against key trading partners have stoked uncertainty for investors and policymakers, as an escalating trade war could affect the global economy.
"Firms highlighted the potential downside risks of US protectionist trade policies and a slower-than-anticipated economic recovery," said Bhatti.
Employment levels stagnated in February, as a rise in staffing levels due to filling full-time vacancies was mostly offset by the non-replacement of voluntary leavers and retirements.
Input prices rose, driven by higher costs for raw materials, labour, and utilities, as well as exchange rate fluctuations. These higher operating costs prompted manufacturers to increase their selling prices at a faster pace.
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