How to Profit From Six 'Sizzling' Markets

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From an investor's perspective, I think the South Korean economy (10th in economic size, as you noted) has a lot in common with the remaining five markets, but as you say, it's not technically in the same category as far as the international community is concerned.

of MA 5:58PM May 07, 2008

#1. I assume you mean economic size when you refer to "population". South Korea's population is only 49 million which is 25th instead of "10" in the list of countries by population.
#2. Korea is already a fully developed country (OECD member, World Bank/IMF advanced economy) and again, are not in the same bracket with the aforementioned developing countries (Brazil, Russia, China, India, Mexico)

Getting the facts right 3:34PM May 03, 2008