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Is it time to buy commodity exporters? Goldman Sachs thinks that the Russian and South African equity indices could be poised to outperform their emerging-market peers, says Sydney Maki on Bloomberg. Both markets are skewed towards miners and other r

Forget equities, says Mike Bird in The Wall Street Journal. The real post-pandemic action has been in property. This “larger and slower-moving market” is still the place where most wealth is to be found. Even in America, a land of compulsive stockmar

We are a quarter of the way through 2021 and somehow the stockmarket rally is still “in one piece”, says Katie Martin in the Financial Times. The past three months have brought plenty of market madness, from non-fungible tokens and bitcoin to the Gam

The Deliveroo initial public offering (IPO) was meant to be the moment at which London unleashed a tech unicorn to rival those constantly springing up across the Atlantic. Instead it was a dreadful flop. Matthew Lynn looks at three lessons the City c

“On the face of it, the UK seems to be in a very strong position,” says Nick Triggle on the BBC. The vaccine rollout is a success and, despite the reopening of schools, infection levels, hospitalisations and deaths are all down and continuing to fall

Last month China’s ultimate decision-making body, the Standing Committee of its rubber-stamp Parliament, passed sweeping reforms that further strengthen Beijing’s tight political control over Hong Kong. The measures slash the proportion of elected se

Recovery and vaccination programme forge ahead: The number of vaccinations doled out since President Joe Biden took office in January has surpassed 150 million, with the vaccination rate rising to a weekly average of 3.1 million a day from one millio

unherd.com Devon-based farmer Guy Singh-Watson has “mixed feelings about capitalism”, says Dan Hitchens. He hates the “toxic inequality and greed”, but as an entrepreneur – the founder of vegetable-delivery company Riverford –he “can’t but concede”

Although there is much talk of rising interest rates in the coming years, investors seeking an income shouldn’t get too excited. The yield on ten-year gilts is still a measly 0.8% and very few mainstream savings accounts offer interest rates much abo

“I’m a man of simple tastes”, Oscar Wilde used to joke. “I’m always satisfied with the best.” People’s idea of luxury goods will depend on their location, income levels and plain old individual taste, while these products also span several industries

Only the most stony-hearted could have failed to feel a touch of sympathy for Will Shu as he floated his food-delivery company in London last week. After a triumphant “explosion of turquoise confetti and balloons”, says The Times, Deliveroo served up

“With the end of lockdown in sight, holiday bookings to Greece are surging,” says Mary Valiakas in The Guardian. But for a “really restorative taste of Greek life… it’s worth swapping the limelight locations for places where mass tourism hasn’t obscu

Spice Warehouse, Soho, Nolita, New York, America. A penthouse apartment in a converted 1890s warehouse with access to communal roof terraces overlooking the Hudson River. It has high ceilings, exposed beams and floor-to-ceiling windows. 4 beds, 5 bat

Japan’s sakura cherry-blossom season peaked this year in the city of Kyoto on 26 March, according to Osaka University. That makes it the earliest flowering in 1,200 years. The previous record of a day later had been set in 1409. But for auction house

Back in 2009, investment bank Goldman Sachs was described as “the planet-eating Death Star of political influence” in Rolling Stone magazine. It looks as if Darth Vader is facing a mutiny. Many of its junior staff have “sounded the alarm” over their

There are not many benefits to growing old. We can hardly think of any at all. You can’t play professional basketball. You won’t get the leading man role in community theatre. You have aches and pains everywhere. And you can’t figure out how to buy b