{"id":30581,"date":"2024-03-15T17:53:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T21:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/?p=30581"},"modified":"2025-12-04T10:26:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T15:26:53","slug":"francis-kim-talks-all-things-finance-in-korean-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/francis-kim-talks-all-things-finance-in-korean-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Francis Kim talks all things finance in Korean media"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Furman University circles, Francis Kim<\/a> is known as one of the newest members of the Department of Business and Accounting. In Korea, Sungjae “Francis” Kim is widely known as a regular columnist for online newspaper Woman Economy<\/a>, Money Today<\/a>, the No. 2 economic paper in the country, and South Korea’s newspaper of record, The JoongAng (The Center).<\/p>\n

Kim, an associate professor of finance, has lived in the U.S. for nearly two decades. He joined the faculty in fall 2023 after an 11-year career at nearby Gardner-Webb University. At Furman, he teaches corporate finance and international finance, and plans to teach financial markets, investments and risk management. He also serves as a faculty advisor for the Furman Investments Club.<\/p>\n

An opinion piece by Kim in The JoongAng<\/a> (or The JoongAng Ilbo, formally) examined the U.S. Federal Reserve and the technology bubble. Another column<\/a> looked at investment bubbles from bygone eras. Kim began writing a column every other week as of December 2023 at the invitation from a friend on The JoongAng Ilbo editorial board who was inspired by Kim’s book, “Fed Signal: How Do the Fed’s Flutters Become a Typhoon in Seoul?” The book won praise as a must-read from the Korea’s largest bookstore chain, Kyobo.<\/p>\n

Kim has written for Woman Economy since 2021 and writes a monthly column for Money Today, also since 2021.<\/p>\n

He said his columns gained popularity because he was able to forecast significant inflation and the Federal Reserve’s “aggressive” interest rate hikes. Kim is a trusted source for comment on all things finance, from monetary policy to Dutch tulip mania, to the British South Sea Company stock bubble and modern-day dot-com and AI stock bubbles. He has also provided commentary in online and broadcast media about the economy, society and politics.<\/p>\n

Kim goes home to Korea every couple of years to visit family and indulge in local cuisine and culture. He says like the U.S., Korea is seeing a housing bubble, but on a more protracted scale. “Koreans have suffered from significant housing bubbles for decades,” he said, citing overinvestment in real estate, high interest rates and lower purchasing power for consumers.<\/p>\n

Kim said Korea’s focus on education makes for a competitive society, which translates to high levels of expertise and productivity, especially in public services such as transportation. He said the competitive nature of the country bodes well for high-tech companies like Samsung and Hyundai and entirely different industries like K-drama and K-pop.<\/p>\n

Meantime, Kim is settling into Furman nicely, noting the university’s strong faculty support. “I enjoy teaching here, and I like Furman’s culture and atmosphere,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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