Brief Multi-Strategy: Industrial Gas Sector: Who Stands to Gain from India's Capex Supercycle? and more
In this briefing: Industrial Gas Sector: Who Stands to Gain from India's Capex Supercycle? US Corporate Profit Expectations Remain Resilient, as Global Credit Conditions Become Less Benign A Pair Trade Following Netmarble's Decision To Increase Its Stake in Coway The AI Inference Supercycle: Which SG REITs Can Survive the 100kW Upgrade? Iron Ore Monthly (March 2026): War-Led Rally Lifts Prices, But Options Point to a Q3 Reversal 1. Industrial Gas Sector: Who Stands to Gain from India's Capex Supercycle? Industrial gases like oxygen, nitrogen, argon are invisible infrastructure powering every steel plant, hospital, and semiconductor fab India builds. Steel capacity targeting 300 MT by FY31, semiconductor fabs worth INR 1.6 lakh crore, healthcare expansion, and green hydrogen mission accelerate demand. Linde India leads on contract stickiness and tech edge, Inox Air Products on scale, Taiyo Nippon Sanso on semiconductor specialty gases. 2. US Corporate Profit Expectations Remain Resilient, as Global Credit Conditions Become Less Benign Despite geopolitical upheavals in the Middle East, US corporate profit expectations for 2026 have remained resilient.