Korea Stock Market Monthly Recap #5 - (August 2016)
Key Events in August - The launch of Galaxy S7 Note Smartphone, continued rebound of DRAM prices, the start of One-Shot Act, lingering concerns...
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Making Sense of Chinese Investments in Africa
Chinese investment in Africa is much misunderstood, with little reliable data. But it can be said with some certainty that the main damage done by...
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Alpha Generation & Share Buybacks in Korea
Korean companies are showing increasing willingness to buyback shares. Korea Stock Exchange announced that from beginning of this year to as of 27...
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Can "sexless" Korea Beat the Demographic Cliff and Maintain Its Credit Rating?
Recently announced industrial output figures for June suggest that Korea may be able to trade its way towards higher growth rates. However, at the...
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Indonesia - Rising Bad Loans Not as Dire as Some Make Out
For sure NPLs are up in 1Q16 for Indonesia’s banks. But we are sanguine about the outlook for these banks, which rank well on most every measure in...
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