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Chief Economist for Southeast Asia & China, Lundgreen's Capital Journalist bylines at @/cnnphilippines @bworldph @verafiles

Manila
Joined July 2014
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It's the first trading day for May for Mainland China equity indices today after a long Labor Day weekend. We're sharing our thoughts on Chinese AI stocks in this free webinar by @LundgreensCPTL. Sign up for free: zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_…
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Sometimes I wonder how life would be if we weren't stuck in hard mode 🫠
The greatest challenge for Asia’s metropolises is a shortage of decent and affordable housing. Fixing that would improve millions of lives. To find out how, register to continue reading (it’s free) econ.st/4uMPi2F
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Our Sound Economies podcast is now available on Podimo! In my weekly exchange with our Founding CEO Peter Lundgreen, we discuss why our Danish investment house is so bullish about emerging Asia's growth potential: podimo.com/s/0bDALFNp #EconTwitter
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Our CEO Peter Lundgreen shares some investment advice & insights on battling corruption. He's from Denmark (ranked least corrupt globally) and visiting Manila amid investigations into ghost/substandard flood control projects funded by taxpayers' money. youtube.com/watch?v=NaNDEI4Z…
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China remains on deflation mode with prices down 0.3% YoY in September. While good for consumers in the short term, domestic price wars and persistently weak household spending would put the economy in peril. We share our insights here: lundgreensinvestorinsights.c…
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Good explainer about the fiscal disaster unfolding in France, which has seen 5 prime ministers in 2 years (Macron remains president). The French government is known to be generous with social benefits, to a point where they can't afford it anymore. edition.cnn.com/2025/10/08/b…
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Thanks for having us again!
Our Chief Economist for ASEAN, Melissa Lopez, weighs in on the potential reduction of PH tariffs on US goods and discusses Lundgreen's Capital's portfolio shift. youtu.be/0AVP6NUmlOM
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Hey, #EconTwitter! Our team at Lundgreen's Capital is looking for Economics PhD students/writers based in China, Brazil, Germany, US, India, and UK who can contribute to our magazines and publications. Details here, feel free to send a DM as well: lundgreenscapital.com/uk/car…
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We remain upbeat towards the Chinese economy despite Trump's sky-high tariffs. We'll explain why - join us in our 7 May webinar! ⏰3:15PM CET / 9:15PM HKT / 9:15AM EDT 💻zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_…
Join our webinar tomorrow: Next China stock move is 25% up. The webinar will be held in English. 📅 7th May at 15.15 CET Register here: zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_…
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Chinese tech stocks are rallying and markets are anticipating a meeting between President Xi and Jack Ma, which comes years after Beijing shot down $BABA's IPO in 2020. Will China finally relax its hold on the tech sector? Here's what we think: lundgreensinvestorinsights.c…
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We're kicking off 2025 with our very first video podcast! We discuss 5 megatrends which would shape the global markets this year: youtube.com/watch?v=R7YD0BeK…
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"Everything's a disaster about France." 😬 Tune in to our latest podcast episode via Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2d9…
A political chaos is unfolding in France and markets responded swiftly. We also discuss the Fed's slow approach on rate cuts, Japan's $250B stimulus, & the reaction of Chinese stocks to Trump's threat of bigger tariffs. Listen to the full episode here: lundgreensinvestorinsights.c…
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Two rate hikes so far in 2024 and one more is expected from the BOJ next month. How is this affecting sentiment towards Japan? Read here👇
Japan’s negative interest rate regime has come to an end as the central bank becomes ready to explore conventional monetary policies to combat inflation and a weak yen. Read the full article here: lundgreensinvestorinsights.c…
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