
BUSINESS
Ruchir Sharma writes: Why China is not rising as a financial superpower
Beijing must find the confidence to lift capital controls and make the renminbi fully convertible

BUSINESS
There is another act to come in this market drama
History shows that a pause in losses is usually followed by a further spiral downwards

BUSINESS
Ruchir Sharma writes: This realm beyond regulators is where the next crisis will arise
Shadow banks include creditors of many kinds, from pension funds to private equity firms and manage $63tn in financial assets — up from $30tn a decade ago

BUSINESS
Ruchir Sharma writes: Thanks but no Faangs — the folly of investing in acronyms
Acronyms not only group dissimilar investments, they ignore capitalism’s one constant, which is churn

MARKETS
Slower growth, higher inflation are the hallmarks of a post-COVID world
Despite last year’s bounceback, the question is how fast economies can grow once pandemic stimulus recedes

BUSINESS
Ruchir Sharma writes | A quiet comeback is starting in emerging markets
The drive in commodities, manufacturing, data flows and economic reform could make 2021 the year the tide turned

TRENDS
Ruchir Sharma: Ten forecasts investors should keep track of in 2022
From a slowing China to ‘greenflation’ in commodity prices to the retail party ending, here are some key economic forecasts for 2022

BUSINESS
Ruchir Sharma writes: There is no easy escape from the global debt trap
Total debt more than tripled to 350 per cent of global GDP over the past four decades

BUSINESS
How the US tech giants could fall
The pandemic has offered a reprieve, but history shows that today’s top performers are unlikely to stay there

BUSINESS
This is as good as it gets for the US economy
America has already been through a renaissance — it is unlikely to be reborn again