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In Focus
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Week InReview: February 13, 2026
AI jitters fade, inflation looms. Stocks fluctuated as a selloff fueled by AI concerns lost steam and traders turned their attention to key US inflation data. | The MSCI Asia Pacific index fell for the first day in six, with losses accelerating in Asia’s afternoon session ahead of a holiday-filled week for the Lunar New Year celebrations. The Hang Seng index led declines, while the Kospi was the region’s outperformer. Applied Materials Inc. surged 13% in late US trading after delivering a surprisingly upbeat sales forecast. | Yen weakened back past 153 versus the dollar, but is still on course for its best week since November 2024. Bank of Japan board member Naoki Tamura said that conditions for the central bank’s next interest rate hike could be in place by spring, a comment that is likely to fuel further speculation of an early move. | Chinese firms are going on overseas acquisition sprees. In January alone, the volume of outbound mergers and acquisitions from Greater China approached $12 billion, the most for the first month of a year since 2017. The shopping list included high-profile names like German sports brand Puma SE and Canadian miner Allied Gold Corp. | US Treasury yields fell across the board, with the 10-year tenor down more than 7bps. Thursday’s 30-year bond auction received strong investor demand.
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Week InAdvance: February 9, 2026
Mon Feb 9 Winter Olympics across northern Italy. | Tue Feb 10 International Energy Week opens in London. | Wed Feb 11 US jobs report. OPEC's monthly report. Start of NY Fashion Week. | Thu Feb 12 IEA's monthly oil market report. Basel Committee high-level meeting for Africa. | Fri Feb 13 US inflation data. Munich Security Conference. Open ceremony for Rio Carnival. | Sat Feb 14 Valentine's Day. Lunar New Year celebrations begin in Vietnam. | Sun Feb 15 68th Daytona 500 begins in Daytona Beach, FL, and features a 500-mile Nascar Cup Series event.
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Week InReview: February 6, 2026
Yield curve steepens. The Treasury yield curve is near the steepest level in more than four years due to a combination of interest-rate cuts and concern over persistent inflation and the fiscal deficit. | Asian tech stocks fell following a selloff in their US peers, while overall equities in the region trimmed earlier losses. Amazon dropped in extended trading after the company announced plans to spend $200b this year on data centers, chips, and other equipment, adding to concerns about the mounting capital spending in the AI space. Anthropic’s release of a new AI model that’s designed to carry out financial research sent Asian software stocks lower. That’s after US stocks fell, with the S&P 500 sinking 1.2% and the Nasdaq 100 posting its worst three-day decline since April’s meltdown. | Swings in silver and Bitcoin set the tone in Asia trading as assets whipsawed. The cryptocurrency bounced back with traders buying the dip. | The yen edged higher against the dollar ahead of the elections over the weekend. BOJ board member Kazuyuki Masu highlighted the need for further increases to the benchmark rate to complete the process of normalizing policy settings. | Nasdaq futures opened lower in early Asia trading Friday after Treasuries surged in the US session, driving yields down the most in months, as signs of weakness in the US job market helped deepen the retreat from stocks, commodities, and cryptocurrencies and boost wagers on Fed policy easing.
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The Association of Institutional INVESTORS is an organization of the oldest, largest, and most trusted federally registered investment advisers in the United States. All our members have a fiduciary duty to put their clients' interests first. Put simply, it's not our money. Our members' clients include companies and labor unions, public and private pension plans, mutual funds and 401Ks, and individuals and families who depend on our firms to help them provide for their retirements, to have funds available to educate their family members, to meet other obligations, and to support their financial aspirations. Collectively, the Association's members manage investments for more than 80,000 ERISA pension plans, 401Ks, and mutual funds on behalf of more than 100 million American workers and retirees.Our financial markets connect companies to investors and borrowers to lenders to help corporations create jobs, cities and states build needed roads, bridges, and schools, families finance homes and cars, and pension plans at all levels meet their obligations. These markets allow thousands of organizations and millions of individuals to invest in America, sharing in the success of our nation's businesses and maintaining a stake in the strength of cities, counties, states, and our country.
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