Confusing classifications

We’re now halfway through the decade that began with Covid, which was succeeded by a surge in the cost of living. Geopolitical turmoil has also buffeted markets in recent years. This year, however, wa

This year’s best-performing emerging market (EM) shouldn’t really be classified as an emerging market at all. South Korea’s high-tech industrial base is a match for any of the world’s leading develope

More than two in five US adults are now classified as obese, and rates are rising across the rest of the world too. It is a chronic disease associated with a costly catalogue of long-term ill health,

“The failure of economists to forecast recessions is virtually unblemished,” notes Prakash Loungani, assistant director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This includes the economists at the IM

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Investment trusts are one of the best vehicles for creating wealth over the long term. Yet many of today’s trusts should not exist. Some are too small to make a difference and lack economies of scale.