Investing internationally the global trend of investing

The global trend of investing internationally shows rising interest in Asian tech equities, with the MSCI Asia Pacific Index gaining 2.3% this week. Analysts expect momentum to continue, as semiconductor exports from Taiwan and South Korea hit multi-month highs, signaling strong Q4 earnings projections. Theoretically, RLUSD could create incremental demand for XRP because payments sent with the stablecoin still require transaction fees paid in XRP. However, RLUSD has yet to move the needle as it competes with more popular stablecoins like USDC . In fact, XRP monthly transaction volume has actually trended lower throughout 2025. While we still believe many U.S. companies are exceptional, and we continue to believe in the growth potential of the artificial intelligence (AI) theme, we see reasons to consider reconfiguring portfolios around this extraordinary shift in global sentiment and in multi-year currency trends. Historical evidence underpins our view that FX moves in sustained, longer-term cycles: since the end of Bretton Woods in 1971, we’ve observed six completed dollar cycles, with an average duration of just over eight years. The shortest lasted nearly five years. 5 The MSCI Frontier Markets Index rose 2.0% across African equities this week, with Kenya’s telecom leader reporting 15% revenue growth. Portfolio strategists advocate investing internationally in diversified African growth stories for long-term alpha.