Japanese brokers are focusing on stocks primed to benefit if Donald Trump returns to the White House and the US-China relationship deteriorates even further, as global interest mounts in Japan’s rising equity markets.
Nomura, Japan’s biggest brokerage, released a strategy note this week listing more than 50 companies that analysts believe could prosper if decoupling accelerates, Trump offers generous tax breaks in the US and Chinese companies remain reluctant to invest.
Nomura’s research, which its author said had drawn strong interest from fund managers, was published after Trump said this month that he would impose tariffs on China that could exceed 60 per cent and separately vowed reforms that would “completely eliminate” US dependence on the country in critical areas.