Last updated July 22nd, 2023. Over the past decade, Southeast Asia’s economy grew at an unprecedented rate. Investors in turn have poured billions of dollars into the region’s businesses, real estate, and infrastructure. High speed rail lines, which are...
Last updated July 28th, 2023. Shortly after World War 2 ended, Japan went through an economic boom phase which lasted almost half a century. This multi-generational age of prosperity stopped abruptly in the early 1990s. You might as well call the 1990s “the good old...
Last updated April 30th, 2024. There isn't any shortage of investment advice on the internet. A majority of the time, suggestions revolve around stocks or property that others think you should buy. People saying where you should not invest are less common. The...
Last updated May 7th, 2025. You may imagine that South Korea doesn’t stand a chance of ever surpassing Japan. After all, the Korean economy is barely 35% of its neighbor's size. Japan was Asia’s most important regional power for centuries – at least until China caught...
Last updated May 11th, 2023. Japan boomed during the late 20th century. In fact, some analysts at the time even thought the Japanese economy would surpass the United States to become the world’s largest. As you already know, that never happened. Tepid growth...
Update for July, 2018: Shares of Start Today have more than doubled since our recommendation back in 2016. We now rate them as a hold. Stay tuned for other stock picks, and we'll update this article if circumstances change. E-commerce is the industry to talk...
Last updated April 10th, 2022. Asia is home to a greater number of currencies than any continent on the planet. Over fifty of them, to be a bit more precise. Because of this, Forex traders - along with investors merely wanting to diversify their portfolio into...