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Even as the global economic outlook weakens, powerful tailwinds are forming behind certain areas of the equity markets that previously spent many years in the wilderness.
Chief among them are stocks in markets such as Europe and Japan, which have surged in recent months amid a pronounced decline in the US dollar. This trend is part of a larger broadening of investment opportunities over the past year — in contrast to the prior decade when large-cap US tech stocks dominated market returns.
