SK Hynix’s record earnings and long-term memory contracts revive confidence in AI spending, even as Korean ETFs retain deep monthly losses. Country flows favor selective accumulation in Korea, Japan and Switzerland, while financing, inflation and Chinese competition complicate broader rotation.
Country rotation is separating AI earnings strength from energy costs and political risk. We favor Taiwan and Japan, add Switzerland for balance, and approach Brazil selectively ahead of its runoff. Korea’s retreat shows why strong exports alone cannot justify buying.
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Country ETF flows reveal a selective international rotation: investors are accumulating Japan, Switzerland and Canada, taking profits in South Korea, and chasing Brazil’s election rally. Taiwan’s AI exposure remains attractive, while China, India and Europe’s fiscal risks warrant greater caution.
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Emerging markets are increasingly powered by the AI hardware boom, but China is moving the other way. Taiwan and Korea are capturing the earnings, while China’s weak domestic demand, property stress, regulation and cheaper-model economics keep weighing on Chinese equities.
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Global ETF flows are rotating toward Europe’s value-heavy markets while investors aggressively buy South Korea’s AI-driven collapse. India, Japan, Brazil and Taiwan continue to lose capital, showing that oil sensitivity, currency instability and crowded technology exposure matter more than geography.
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The renewed Persian Gulf conflict is dividing country-ETF flows. Investors favor defensive developed markets, indirect energy beneficiaries and oversold tactical trades, while redemptions persist across oil-dependent Asian markets, direct Gulf exposures and countries facing renewed U.S. tariff pressure this week.
The level and direction of interest rates will be a key factor in whether EAFE or EM exposures outperform in the second half of the year.
International equity leadership is splitting between AI supply-chain winners and non-AI diversifiers. Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and the Netherlands remain key AI transmission channels, while Canada, the UK, Switzerland, Chile, Peru and UAE offer broader macro, commodity and defensive exposure
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