Asia-Pacific markets are expected to have a mixed opening as investors await Japan's corporate inflation figures, rate decisions from New Zealand and Thailand, and the U.S. consumer price index report.
Asia-Pacific markets are set for a mixed open ahead of Japan 's corporate inflation figures for March and rate decisions from New Zealand and Thailand 's central banks .
Matt Burdett, portfolio manager at Thornburg Investment, looks for companies with the ability and willingness to pay dividends, focusing on cash generation and resilient business models. Overall, however, markets — including global stocks — are still very much deep in positive territory.
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