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Who are the world’s best investors?
The answer is not hedge funds or quant shops or short-sellers
If finance has a single rule, it is that arbitrage should keep prices in line. If they do stray from fundamentals, so the argument goes, savvy investors should step in to correct them.
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Finance & economics
June 21st 2025- Why today’s graduates are screwed
- Japan’s debts are shrinking. Its troubles may be only starting
- Japan is obsessed with rice. And prices have gone ballistic
- Can China reclaim its IPO crown?
- What the Israel-Iran war means for oil prices
- Investors ignore world-changing news. Rightly
- Who are the world’s best investors?
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Japan is obsessed with rice. And prices have gone ballistic
Politicians are reaching for increasingly extreme measures
Japan’s debts are shrinking. Its troubles may be only starting
Politicians have a yen for handouts
Investors ignore world-changing news. Rightly
The Nothing Ever Happens Market
Why today’s graduates are screwed
The bottom has fallen out of the job market
Can China reclaim its IPO crown?
Hong Kong is hot. The mainland very much is not
What the Israel-Iran war means for oil prices
We investigate possible scenarios
