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The Iran-US MOU marks a turning point for European and Japanese equities. With geopolitical risk unwinding, economic surprise indices improving, ECB policy easing, and Germany's defence spending accelerating, Europe's re-rating is underway. Japan benefits from AI supply chain breadth, the Bank of Japan's gradual policy normalisation, the resumption of trade following Middle East disruptions, and energy cost relief. WisdomTree offers compelling, cost-effective access to both opportunities.
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The Iran-US MOU marks a turning point for European and Japanese equities. With geopolitical risk unwinding, economic surprise indices improving, ECB policy easing, and Germany's defence spending accelerating, Europe's re-rating is underway. Japan benefits from AI supply chain breadth, the Bank of Japan's gradual policy normalisation, the resumption of trade following Middle East disruptions, and energy cost relief. WisdomTree offers compelling, cost-effective access to both opportunities.
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The Trump–Xi Beijing summit delivered managed stability, not structural change. Technology, critical minerals and Taiwan remain unresolved. For investors, two themes stand out: Western supply chain diversification in strategic metals and rare earths, and durable agricultural commodity exposure driven by food security and climate risk, not diplomacy.
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Overall, 2026 looks like a year where the cycle stays supportive, but the market becomes less forgiving. Easier monetary policy across much of the world, resilient earnings expectations and improving domestic demand in parts of Europe and Japan support a constructive baseline. In a more mercantilist world, policy choices and geopolitics increasingly feed directly into earnings durability, supply chains, capex and discount rates.
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The Iran conflict is intensifying, not fading. Markets are now dealing with an effectively closed chokepoint, direct strikes on commercial vessels, a harder Iranian leadership line and a US administration that is signalling strategic goals matter more than near-term oil pain. Consequently, the bar for central-bank easing is higher, the path to earnings downgrades in energy-intensive sectors is becoming clearer, and the investment debate is now much more about how long the disruption lasts.
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Geopolitics is reshaping strategic metals and rare earth supply chains. China’s dominance in processing and export controls is pushing the US and allies to fund mines, refineries and magnets. Europe is now seeking closer alignment with the US, while Greenland highlights the strategic value and complexity of new supply.
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Europe’s defence spend is moving from buying platforms to funding enabling technologies. Rolls-Royce anchors sovereign power and next-generation propulsion, Safran supports the shift toward inertial navigation secure timing and modern sensors. Airbus integrates multi-domain ‘system-of-systems’ architectures. Together they sit at key bottlenecks likely to see repeat procurement and upgrades.
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