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The European Commission proposes 17 laws to unite capital markets, backed by major economies.

Bargain stocks are in areas of U.S.-Japan synergy. Industrial conglomerate Hitachi has a joint venture with General Electric, for instance.

The price of benchmark Newcastle coal has jumped more than 10% since the U.S. and Israel started bombing Iran on Feb 28.

The war in Iran and rising oil prices are making political change in Venezuela seem positive.

It’s too early to call the end of India’s broader resurgence, with economic growth for the fiscal year that ends this month clocking in around 7.5%. But the Iran War could make the continuing correction more painful.

It’s a remarkable turnaround for Argentina, which had an economy near hyperinflation and a treasury headed for one more bankruptcy some 25 months ago.

India and the U.S. have an interim trade deal that paves the way for lower tariffs. But challenges remain.

Investors poured twice as much into emerging markets in January as in all of 2025, betting on a weaker dollar and hedging U.S. risk.

European assets look like a haven from President Donald Trump’s mercurial U.S. policy and a possible implosion of U.S. tech stocks.

Canada has gotten tough with the U.S. But the country is dependent on the U.S., so is it worth it? Canadian markets are calm so far.

With debt running at 200% of GDP, unfunded tax cuts could be a problem. Still, the PM is very popular, and Japan is a creditor nation with a currency that is seemingly fated to rebound.

European member states backed a free-trade agreement with the Mercosur bloc of South America, including Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Some see it as both a political statement and an economic agreement.

Japan’s Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, and the Bank of Japan have a chance to steer post-deflation the country onto a stable growth path.

Political gymnastics don’t bode well for the European Union to unite around goals like unified banking, capital markets, and tax policy, but they indicate that leaders are stumping for their own security.

What’s driving the bull run in Brazilian stocks is the prospect of change under a new president after the election next October.

Chile, the world’s top copper producer, elected a pro-business president, as world copper prices surge to record highs on expected demand from electric vehicles and artificial intelligence data centers.

Underperformance has made India’s notoriously expensive stocks cheaper, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Reserve Bank of India are looking to juice the economy.

Some stocks that are likely to get a stimulus boost include Commerzbank, Volkswagen, and Siemens Energy.

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has sweet-talked U.S. President Donald Trump while Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has used tougher talk. Both markets have outperformed.

Indian internet companies are going public, and investors are jumping in. It may pay to wait until the smoke clears.

There are challenges for defense companies operating in Europe—the estimated increase in military spending may not materialize for instance. But Europe is playing catch-up on an epic scale.

The Dutch government’s repossession of auto chip powerhouse Nexperia from its Chinese parent looks to be spreading pain across the auto industry.

The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia can boast advantages in the competition for data centers: cheap energy and deep capital pockets.

Milei’s post-midterm victory speech kindled hope for less chain saw actions and more coalition building over the next two years.

If President Javier Milei can keep his Peronist opponents from a veto-proof supermajority, Argentine sovereign bonds, trading at similar spreads to Ukraine’s, could look like a buy again.