Korea’s stock boom will endure

“Emerging markets are shooting out the lights,” says Leslie Norton for Morningstar. The diverse grouping, which ranges from Latin American commodity producers to Asian technology powerhouses, has lagg

Is the Indian market stagnating or booming? It depends who you ask. Local shares have doubled over the past five years, but have struggled for momentum of late. The Nifty 50 index, up 9% in 2025, rema

The long run-up to the Budget gave rise to fevered and increasingly alarmist speculation about its contents. This descended into chaos as frantic lobbying by interested parties, dire warnings by exper

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“I will have everyone work like a horse,” declared Sanae Takaichi shortly before taking over as Japanese prime minister in October. Takaichi’s vow to “work, work, work, work, work” has been selected a