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The article reviews the major financial trades of 2025, highlighting successes and failures across various sectors such as crypto, AI, defense, Japanese bonds, and credit markets, emphasizing the volatility, geopolitical influences, and market shifts that defined the year.
Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed amid global economic concerns, with Bitcoin reaching a new high above $120,000, while Chinese exports exceeded expectations and Japanese bond yields rose. Investors are assessing the impact of recent tariffs imposed by the US on the EU and Mexico, and economic data from the region shows mixed signals, including averted recession in Singapore and fluctuating stock indices.
Japanese long-term bonds rallied after the government surveyed market participants about reducing bond issuance, signaling a possible effort to calm a volatile market and address rising yields and low demand for long-dated debt amid broader economic concerns.