Templeton Global Investments Insights

In this month’s Global Equity Pulse, Templeton Global Investments examines undervalued opportunities as a wave of rearmament progresses at a rapid pace.

With oil prices and energy stocks at higher level, how can investors navigate a sector driven by geopolitics and volatility? This month’s Global Equity Pulse reveals why looking beyond commodity prices to company fundamentals may be the key to unlocking value in today's uncertain energy landscape.

Value investing isn't about low multiples and weak companies, according to Templeton Global Investments. It's about finding misalignments between price and longer-term potential. This article identifies five types of undervaluations, each with its own catalyst for unlocking potential returns.

Templeton Global Investments is increasing its focus on opportunities in the consumer staples sector, where compelling valuations, attractive dividends and potential earnings recovery beckon.

For markets, the swing factor in “Operation Epic Fury” is whether escalation stays military-to-military or migrates into significant and prolonged energy + logistics disruption, according to Templeton Global Investments.

Japan is undertaking its most significant economic and corporate transformation in a generation. The likely earnings tailwind from economic normalization combined with shareholder return enhancement through corporate reforms anchor our bright outlook for 2026 and beyond.

Templeton Global Investments maintains its conviction on Japanese equities in 2026, as evidence of economic normalization and broadening corporate reforms continues to build.

Lower oil prices, earnings growth and diverse opportunities in 2026: Templeton Global Investments explores these key themes in its latest Global Equity Pulse.

After two years of elections and policy upheaval, Templeton Global Investments expects 2026 to bring a period of greater stability, as the policy, macro and industry conditions now settle into a clearer framework.

In this month’s Global Equity Pulse, Templeton Global Investments poses the question: will AI stocks remain compelling—or is a bubble beginning?

Global equities appear to have successfully weathered US tariff impacts, and earnings expectations have largely recovered. Templeton Global Investments discusses what steered companies through the tariff headwinds, and how the team approaches the shifting market conditions.

Software stock performance has been mixed amid concerns of AI disruption. Providers of business-critical enterprise software or systems of record should however remain long-term AI winners due to their durable propositions. Find out more from Templeton Global Investments in the latest “Global Equity Pulse.”

With eyes on the latest quarterly results and stock valuations, Templeton Global Equity Group charts its way forward for the rest of 2025. Potential priorities include diversification beyond the US and capturing mispriced opportunities in sectors such as health care and consumer discretionary.

Templeton Global Equity Group looks at the attractive valuations, earnings growth outlook and regulatory backdrop that make European banks one of the most favored sectors today.

Health care stocks are facing elevated policy uncertainties and market pessimism. Templeton Global Equity Group favors awaiting greater clarity but has not lost confidence. Find out more about the team's update on the health care sector, plus a review of recent global market trends.

US/Iran conflict, Trump-Xi Summit and the re-routing of goods via land are three things we’re watching in this month’s Emerging Markets Insights.

Emerging markets are continuing to evolve and change. They are transitioning from the world’s manufacturing hub to a global innovation hub.

Given the combined weight of these markets within EM portfolios, Templeton Global Investments believe incremental improvements in capital discipline could have a meaningful impact on aggregate index-level earnings quality.

In this latest Emerging Markets Insights, Templeton Global Investments summarizes the findings from their portfolio managers’ recent visit to South Korea and presents its market review for the first quarter of 2026.

Operation Epic Fury and the impact on the equity risk premium and inflation risks, in addition to US tariffs the China National People's Congress are three things to watch in this month’s Emerging Markets Insights.

China’s Spring Festival, Korean semiconductors and emerging market earnings are the three things Templeton Global Investments analyses in this month’s Emerging Markets Insights.

The probability of strong earnings and growth-friendly policies should make emerging markets attractive to investors in 2026, in the view of Templeton Global Investments.

Templeton Global Investments suggests the outlook for Chinese equities in 2026 is bright and are positive on the semiconductor, consumer discretionary, power equipment and biotech sectors.

Artificial-intelligence-related investment is one of the trends likely to sustain the rise of emerging market equities in 2026, as policy support also contributes to a favorable backdrop.

South Korea President Lee Jae-Myung spoke of turning the Korea discount into the Korea premium. We believe this regime shift is real and is making notable progress, as evidenced by a confluence of policy support, corporate commitment and shareholder awareness. A comparison with Japan and the successes of its corporate governance journey further affirms our positive view.

Policy has recently had positive effects on Chinese equities, in the view of Templeton Global Investments. The group also describes potential risks in China as well as progress toward a US-India trade agreement.

Three things to watch this month from Templeton Global Investments: Trade truce, Korean semiconductor demand and Latin American elections.

Our emerging market portfolio managers provide their market views on China, India, the Middle East and Latin America.

Three things to watch this month from Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity: China’s Golden Week, tariffs on India and the likelihood of a year-end market rally.

Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity discusses recent developments in emerging markets, specifically examining the impact of tariffs on Indian exports, the resurgence of Chinese equities and potential US Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts that could benefit emerging markets.