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Table of Contents Welcome to the Permanent G2 Conflict The Three Axes of the US-China Economic War The Korea Dilemma: Trapped Between Two Superpowers The Fed Wildcard: Rate Hikes Reset Everything Building a Deglobalization-Proof Portfolio Supply Chain Audit for Every Portfolio Holding My Take: Portfolio Recommendation Welcome to the Permanent G2 Conflict When President Donald Trump met President Xi Jinping in Beijing from May 13-15, 2026, global media hyped a "summit of the century." It was neither. It was a clarifying moment — both sides made clear their single focus: the U.S. wanted more Chinese market access, China wanted the U.S. to stay out of Taiwan. No grand bargain, no strategic reset, no "new era." Just two superpowers drawing brighter lines. The market reaction told the real story. On June 8, 2026, Asia markets crashed in sympathy: Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 3.85% (2,563 points), Taiwan's TAIEX plunged 3.48% (1,568 poin...

Table of Contents The Rotation in Numbers: A Tale of Two Markets Insurance and Financials: The Rate Beneficiaries Retail and Cosmetics: The Domestic Demand Story Semiconductor Exodus: Foreign Selling Reaches 3 Trillion Won Energy Stocks Rise on Oil and Refining Margins My Take — Trade Recommendations The Rotation in Numbers: A Tale of Two Markets While global headlines focus on the Nasdaq crash and the won's collapse, a quieter but equally significant story is unfolding within the KOSPI. Korean equity markets are experiencing what analysts are calling the most dramatic sector rotation since the COVID-19 recovery of 2020. The divergence is staggering: Insurance stocks surged 14.7% week-over-week, Retail jumped 8.7%, Banking added 5.5%, and Cosmetics rose 4.2%. On the other side of the ledger, IT Hardware crashed 14.7%, Construction fell 6.2%, and Steel declined 5.2%. "What we are witnessing is the unwind of the semiconductor and large-cap concentra...

The 40-Year Low Rate Era Is Dead: Bloomberg Economists Map a 2.8% Future 2026-06-06 | By DailyPro2025 Analysis Team Table of Contents Eight Structural Drivers of a Higher-Rate World Korea's Rate Path: Two More Hikes This Year Stablecoins: From Crypto Shelter to Global Payment Backbone Machine-to-Machine Payments: Stablecoins as the AI Economy's Settlement Layer Korea's Think Tank Crisis: Zero S-Grades in National Research Evaluation Strategic Implications: Investing in a Higher-Rate World My Take Bloomberg Economics has declared it officially: the 40-year era of low interest rates is over. In their new book "Money Shock," the Bloomberg team presents a detailed scenario where the US 10-year natural real interest rate — the so-called R* or neutral rate that balances saving and investment — bottomed at 1.7% in the mid-2010s, rose to 2.3% by 2022, and will peak at 2.8% by the 2030s. That would be the highest neutral rate since before the 2008 Global F...