11 August 2011 17:25
Countries buy foreign exchange to suppress their currencies. That’s a surprising result given that the won is supposed to be a market-set exchange rate, whereas China’s is a managed float.
So why not make currency manipulation as easy as possible to keep the chaebols happy by ducking developed status for as long as it suits?
chaebol, economy, emerging markets, Financial Times, global markets, market, South Korea
Diversification is one of the most familiar ideas in investing. But Orbis Investments’ Eric Marais writes that looking around at the concentration risk that now defines large parts of today’s market, it is also one of the ideas most in need of a rethink.
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