Fareed Zakaria GPS – CNN 02-01-15

On February 1, 2015   /   Africa Economy, China Economy, Economics, Fareed Zacharia, India Economy, Latin America, Mexico Economy, US Economy  

Salient to Investors: Fareed Zakaria said: Negative foreign policy is about preventing bad things from happening, confronting dangers and dealing with bad guys. Positive foreign policy is about building new relationships, expanding markets and opportunities, strengthening alliances and values. India will be the next global Goliath, though not as fast growing

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Fareed Zakaria GPS – CNN 12-21-14

On December 21, 2014   /   China Economy, Cuba Economy, Fareed Zacharia, Iran Economy, Latin America, Oil, Pakistan Economy, Russia Economy, US Economy  

Salient to Investors: Fareed Zakaria said: Movie studios and theaters have made a mistake in not affirming freedom of expression regarding the movie “The Interview”. In the late 1930s, the UK wanted to ban distribution of Charlie Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator”  to appease Nazi Germany. Obama’s strategy of pressuring Russia and making

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Where have all the Spaniards gone? – BBC News 10-03-14

On October 3, 2014   /   Brazil Economy, Chile Economy, Europe Economy, IMF, Latin America, Panama, Peru Economy, Spain Economy  

Salient to Investors: Fundacion Alternativas said 700,000 Spaniards left Spain between 2008 and 2012. The National Statistics Institute reports 547,890 left in 2013, 79,306 of them Spanish nationals born in Spain. Spaniards are fleeing 25% unemployment and flocking to Latin America, including Brazil, where language barriers are few, the cost of

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World’s Biggest Market Crashes and You Didn’t Even Know It – Bloomberg 09-30-14

On September 30, 2014   /   Economics, Global Economy, Latin America  

Salient to Investors: Marco Lambertini at The World Wildlife Foundation said: More than half of the world’s vertebrates have disappeared between 1970 and 2010, primarily due to exploitation (37%), habitat degradation (31%), habitat loss (13%), and global warming (7.1%). Meanwhile the human population has nearly doubled. Latin America’s biodiversity dropped 83%,

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Global AgeWatch Index: Norway best for older people – BBC News 09-30-14

On September 30, 2014   /   Canada Economy, Economics, Germany Economy, Latin America, Mexico Economy, Norway Economy, Retirement, Sweden Economy, Switzerland  

Salient to Investors: HelpAge International said: Norway is the best of 96 countries to grow old in, followed by Sweden, Switzerland, Canada and Germany. Afghanistan is the worst. Australia, Western Europe and North America rank highly. By 2050, 21% of the global population will be over 60, when 40 of the 96

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Latin America Disappoints After Squandering Commodity Boom – Bloomberg 05-29-13

On May 29, 2013   /   Brazil Economy, Chile Economy, Columbia Economy, IMF, Latin America, Mexico Economy, OECD, Peru Economy  

Salient to Investors: Latin America is disappointing investors, economists and businesses with slower-than-forecast growth as waning commodity prices and strong currencies hit nations that failed to diversify and become more competitive. Economists cut Brazil’s 2013 outlook for the second time in 7 days, forecasting the worst 3-year period in a decade.

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