For one of India’s biggest bond fund managers, markets are overpricing the inflation risk from the Iran war and that is creating a buying opportunity. The surge in energy prices is a temporary shock and is unlikely to feed into inflation expectations, according to Manish Banthia , chief investment officer for fixed income at ICICI Prudential Asset Management Co. While interest-rate swaps are prici...
For one of India’s biggest bond fund managers, markets are overpricing the inflation risk from the Iran war and that is creating a buying opportunity. The surge in energy prices is a temporary shock and is unlikely to feed into inflation expectations, according to Manish Banthia , chief investment officer for fixed income at ICICI Prudential Asset Management Co. While interest-rate swaps are pricing in aggressive interest-rate increases, the central bank is unlikely to tighten policy even after the spike in oil, he said. Markets have rapidly repriced Indian debt on fears that higher oil prices will drive sustained inflation and force the Reserve Bank of India to raise rates sharply. The RBI is unlikely to hike until the economy shows clear signs of momentum, even if energy prices remain high in the near term, said Banthia, who oversees 2.5 trillion rupees ($27 billion). “The RBI does not need to hike interest rates and which is why when the market is pricing in so many rate hikes, I have to be bullish,” he said. Oil-driven inflation fears pushed India’s benchmark 10-year yields to a two-year high last week, while five-year rate swaps have surged over 30 basis points since the war began. The reaction suggests markets may be overshooting the long-term impact, Banthia said. Read More: Indian Households See Inflation Spiking Over Next Few Months That gap is key to his positioning. After staying cautious on adding duration for much of the past two years, Banthia is turning bullish as yields across most securities are at multi-year highs. At current levels, he said, investors are effectively locking in about 8% risk-free return on federal and state debt, a level that compensates for much of the inflation risk. “This is a very attractive time for fixed-income investors,” he said. Banthia is building positions in longer sovereign and state bonds, while keeping shorter-end exposure in corporate debt and money-market securities like commercial paper and certificates of deposi...
V2images Baidu’s Hong Kong-listed shares rose as much as 8.5% on Thursday, extending gains into a third session, with investor appetite boosted by signs of strong cloud business momentum. Baidu’s cloud ranked first among peers in China with a win of 25 projects worth 1.25 billion yuan in the first quarter, according to a report by Shanghai Securities News , citing data from a third-party industry ...
V2images Baidu’s Hong Kong-listed shares rose as much as 8.5% on Thursday, extending gains into a third session, with investor appetite boosted by signs of strong cloud business momentum. Baidu’s cloud ranked first among peers in China with a win of 25 projects worth 1.25 billion yuan in the first quarter, according to a report by Shanghai Securities News , citing data from a third-party industry agency. In total, major domestic cloud providers won 85 projects, with disclosed contract amounts reaching approximately 1.65 billion yuan. “For Baidu, AI Cloud Infra revenue is forecast to grow over 40% y/y and expected to beat market consensus at 29% y/y,” Jefferies analysts including Thomas Chong said in a note, as per a Bloomberg report. Speculation over the IPO progress of Baidu’s ( BIDU ) chip unit Kunlunxin also helped with the shares rally, Steven Leung, an executive director at Uob Kay Hian said as per the report. Baidu is scheduled to raise fees by about 5% to 30% on a range of its cloud products and services starting from April 18. The Chinese tech giant's U.S.-listed stock ( BIDU ) is down 7% YTD. More on Baidu Baidu: Q4 Results Continue To Re-Affirm Structural Slowdown Baidu: Pivoting To AI Infrastructure, Robotaxis, And Embodied Robotics At A Discount Baidu's Deep Value And The Risks The Market Is Ignoring Baidu launches driverless ride-hailing service in Dubai Nvidia's lead narrows as Chinese chipmakers claim 41% of local market: report
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To get John Authers’ newsletter delivered directly to your inbox, sign up here . Today’s Points: Happy SPXmas, war is over! The S&P 500 is at an all-time high . As well as oil, there’s reason to worry about food inflation . Trump says he’ll fire Powell if he tries to stay on as Fed chairman. But the White House is no longer so keen to press for rate cuts . Rest in Peace emerging markets pioneer Mark Mobius . AND: On Tax Day in the US, it’s one for you nineteen for me … Please, Your Last Chance to Vote For Us in the Webbys! A video we made a year ago explaining the absurdity of the Liberation Day tariffs has been nominated for a Webby and today (Thursday) is your last chance to vote for us here . Please do so. And thank you! All-Time Highs Are Here Again! The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 are back at all-time highs — in the latter’s case, the first in six months. Even with the flow of oil through the world’s most important artery at a standstill , it’s been an astonishing bounce. Since the close on March 30, the S&P and Nasdaq are up 10.7% and 14.2% respectively. Since 1950, this is only the 21st time that the S&P has managed a 10% rally this fast. Stocks look expensive by any sensible measure, while the 10-year Treasury yield sits at 4.3% — higher than at any point during the 13-year rally that followed the Global Financial Crisis. Subtract the bond yield from the earnings yield (the inverse of the price/earnings ratio) of the S&P and you get what Yale University’s Robert Shiller calls the excess CAPE yield. For over a century, this offered a great guide to how equities would fare over the ensuing decade — and it currently suggests that this is an unappealing time to buy into the market: Earnings season is getting underway amid great optimism. That limits potential damage from the war, but can’t explain this two-week rally. Bloomberg’s Earnings Estimates Graphs service shows that forecasts for S&P 500 first-quarter earnings have dropped over that time: Rallies this violent...
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An introductory artificial intelligence class at Xuelin Primary School in Hangzhou’s Qiantang District, Sept. 10, 2025. Photo: VCG China has unveiled a sweeping national strategy to integrate artificial intelligence into its education system by 2030, targeting everything from personalized tutoring and teacher certification to predicting demographic shifts and reallocating educational resources. Th...
An introductory artificial intelligence class at Xuelin Primary School in Hangzhou’s Qiantang District, Sept. 10, 2025. Photo: VCG China has unveiled a sweeping national strategy to integrate artificial intelligence into its education system by 2030, targeting everything from personalized tutoring and teacher certification to predicting demographic shifts and reallocating educational resources. The “AI+ Education” Action Plan, jointly issued by the Ministry of Education and four other government bodies on April 8, outlines a blueprint to deeply embed AI across all levels of learning, from primary schools to lifelong education. By 2030, the government aims to largely establish a vertically and horizontally connected AI education system.