TOKYO: Some were quick to put in sell orders on Asian stocks this week as the latest political convulsions in Washington hurt appetite for riskier assets globally. Add in rumblings from Brazil, and all of a sudden emerging markets don’t sound so appealing any more.
Not so fast, some analysts are saying. The Korean won, for one, has been hit by risk-off waves before - such as the April Syria attack -- only to bounce back handsomely. Asia benefits from the world’s fastest economic growth, and may be poised to weather the latest international political worries from outside the region as well.