The Investor's Guide to Asia

Surging interest in artificial intelligence has generated huge gains for tech stocks across the world this year. But with the stock market hitting new highs, there are growing concerns that we might be in the midst of an AI bubble. In this bonus edition of the Fidelity Answers podcast Patrick Graham puts four possible flaws in the AI investment case to Terence Tsai, one of Fidelity's portfolio managers who has invested strongly in the boom and therefore one of the people looking hardest for evidence of when it ends. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Demand isn’t the main driver of profitability, supply is. In the latest edition, portfolio managers Fred Sykes and Tom Record look for the money left in the AI boom and places to hide if it goes wrong, while arguing investors should obsess a bit less about GDP growth and macroeconomics. Plus: analyst Srishti Sinha on the risks to a US power sector flooded with datacentre investment. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s one of this year’s global stock market success stories: South Korean equities are emerging from decades in the shadows as reforms of corporate governance change the way foreign capital sees the Seoul market. With the help of fund managers Jochen Breuer and Lynda Zhou, this month’s podcast investigates whether that surge in confidence is really justified, what else needs to be done for it to continue, and where in the region is also making advances when it comes to shareholder returns. With additional contributions from Asia Economist Peiqian Liu, who gives us her take on China's 4th plenum, and Analyst JaeMin Shim. Hosted by Stuart Rumble and Toasha Wang. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What are the challenges - and opportunities - that longevity poses to investors? What are the investment solutions that can support longer lives and how can portfolios benefit? Seb Morton-Clark is joined by the Director of the National Institute for Ageing Nic Palmarini, Fidelity's Global Head of Client Solutions Katie Roberts, and Portfolio Manager Julie-Ann Ashcroft. With additional contributions form Global Head of Macro Salman Ahmed. Click here for an extended interview with Salman on what older populations mean for economies and the wider world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An ageing global population is set to bring profound pressures to bear on the macroeconomic models and norms of the past century. Can we make it all work? Here Fidelity International's Global Head of Macro Salman Ahmed discusses the likely impact on inflation, taxation, public debt and inequality, and the choices policymakers will have to make in response. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.