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My note: it was a bit embarrassing to be called one of 'smartest financial minds in the market' as I certainly, and perhaps clearly,...

The immediate outlook for Asia ex Japan equities may turn on today's low interest rate policies. In the short term we think these could...

Foreign companies wishing to conduct business in China often face difficulties. Problematic labour relations, theft of intellectual...

It makes sense to me that stocks should produce good real returns over time. A corporation is a clever mix of all the factors of...

What will the world look like in 2050? Any credible answer to this question must, of course, be as complex as the question itself is...

As we approached the one-year anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers memories of that fateful event last year have faded fast....

Growing up in Britain as I did in the 60s and 70s, one remembers only too well the unhappiness and upheaval that resulted from the demise...

I'm delighted that I have no formal training in economics as it means I can enjoy it as a keen amateur. Economics, it seems, is about...

I don't like exchange-traded funds (ETFs) or, more precisely, the way they are being used. "I doubt such a company would last long" ETFs...

As Bernanke pointed out, the problem with deflation is that you can't have negative interest rates, as people would withdraw their...

From Fundsupermart magazine PETER ELSTON, Asia Strategist for Aberdeen Asset Management, has been in the business for a long time. We...

Why is Bernanke so keen that responsibility for consumer protection be kept at the Fed? Presumably, with millions of consumers in a...

I've been thinking about starting a blog for a while but Goldman Sach's obscene second quarter results have finally got me off my...

Recently I was passed an article written in 1991 by the late Isaac Asimov about economics. Asimov, a polymath best known for his science...

On October 17 Warren Buffett wrote in The New York Times that “equities will almost certainly outperform cash over the next decade,...

Overview What is going on in Asia? Stock markets in the region have fallen much more than those in developed markets, and yet economic...

I sometimes wonder if it is a little odd to get as excited as I do about dividends. Asia is about growth, people say. Why on earth would...