[Sector Edition] What’s Hot? Japan Hot, Property Not

Fri 26 May 2023

By Tara Dennehy

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What’s Hot

  • Technology and Japan have had strong months.
  • Japan is notable as it found itself fighting in the bottom spots in April…
  • …the Japanese market seemed to catch the imagination, and much positive comment, as the G7 met in Tokyo.
  • The technology sector, where funds are driven by the small number of giant tech stocks, had a good month driven by the enthusiasm around AI, even if the long-term AI winners will likely be found in specialist AI funds, which tend not to be invested into the tech giants, but for Nvidia.
  • The North America and Global sectors have also been driven by a small number of big tech stocks.

What’s Not

  • The worst sector by far this month is UK Index Linked Gilts, down a further 5% from April, and a way ahead of the other laggards.
  • Property, one of the hot sectors from April, finds itself back amongst the duds. Remember that this sector remains in a downtrend since its peak at the end of 2021.
  • China had a poor month, though not terrible.  Sentiment is very negative on China at the moment.  For contrarians, this is positive.

 

What’s Hot

Name

Last Month's Performance %

Technology &Technology Innovation

6.68

Japan

4.38

Japanese Smaller Companies

2.59

North America

1.94

Global

1.51

 

What’s Not

Name

Last Month's Performance %

UK Indexed Linked Gilts

-5.27

China/Greater China

-2.28

Property Other

-1.55

Sterling Corporate Bond

-0.98

Global Bonds

-0.84

 

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