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ORLANDO, Florida, Nov 10 (Reuters) - For long-term investors, the famous 'tortoise and the hare' fable is a useful reminder that the stock, sector or country racing ahead today may not be the winner tomorrow.This has been true of the performance of Chinese stocks vis-à-vis Wall Street at nearly every juncture over the past 30 years, perhaps surprisingly, given China's surge to global economic and financial powerhouse status in that time.With economic, trade, and geopolitical relations between the two superpowers at their lowest ebb in decades, investors are more attuned...

LONDON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - If a re-emerging risk premium in bonds is down to government debt sustainability worries, central banks may need to lobby their Treasuries that it's undermining their control of credit.U.S. Federal Reserve officials are puzzling over why bond borrowing rates spiked lately even as Fed policy expectations have remained largely unchanged. Whether a resurfacing "term premium'" now demanded to buy and hold longer-term bonds, is responsible is central to the conundrum.If a sustained or even more volatile risk premium tightens or loosens credit beyond what's intended...

A passerby walks past an electric monitor displaying recent movements of various stock prices outside a bank in Tokyo, Japan, March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Issei KatoFile Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 20 (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist.Another watershed day for U.S. Treasuries on Thursday - the entire curve came within a whisker of trading above 5% - is set to weigh heavily on Asian market sentiment on Friday and potentially seal one of the biggest weekly losses for regional stocks...