From the monthly archives:
We’re all waiting for the Greek collapse. It hasn’t happened yet, but that means it’s the perfect time for Global X to set up a new, first-ever dedicated Greece-only ETF (GREK). Why, you might ask, would anyone want to put all their chips on this nation that is either going to a) leave the Euro, [...]
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The global balance of the world’s big spenders and buyers is shifting. The total share of world imports is moving away from the developed economies and towards the emerging markets. You knew this. But it’s happening sooner than you think.
Based on forecasts from the WTO and The Economist, here are ten key facts about the [...]
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Economically speaking, 2012 is looking good for central Asian, African and South Asian markets. The developed world, however, is still struggling with debt overload and market saturation.
The United States is looking at about 1.3% projected GDP growth – nothing exciting, but also nothing to sneeze at when you see some of the other disappointing figures [...]
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It’s no surprise that U.S. GDP is forecast at one of the lowest GDP growth rates worldwide for 2012, at a mere 1.3%, if the figures can be trusted. U.S. GDP growth will be lower than Canada (only projected at 2% growth), Mexico, Iraq, Kenya, Lebanon, Israel and Angola.
So which countries are projected to see [...]
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No truly comprehensive environmental cost analysis can afford any longer to ignore the growing impact of global data and systems for organizing and storing it. Not only does more data require more storage, but storage and processing require energy supplies of their own. And this doesn’t even get at the issue of “data exhaust” or [...]
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