South korea enjoys a “blistering rally”

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

In 1972, Yale Hirsch, author of the Stock Trader’s Almanac, devised the January Barometer, which states that as the S&P index goes in January, so goes the year. By 2005, the barometer had claimed a 90

The winners and losers of 2025 It felt ...

In May 2008, I was in Ireland on a holiday I eventually had to cut short because the property and credit bubble had made everything absurdly expensive and blown my budget. One day, I fell into convers

“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

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