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Top Ten Largest Sovereign Wealth Funds

January 30, 2010 · 5 comments

in BRIC, China, G20, G8, GDP, India, OPEC, US debt, US dollar, capitalism, currencies, emerging markets, exchange rates, foreign investment, forex, gold, government, international economy, international stock market, market trends, oil, wealth, wealth protection, wealth transfer, world order, world reserve currency

With the phenomenal growth in sovereign wealth funds over the past thirty or so years – but especially in the last ten – it’s good to stop and take a look at where this new investment phenomenon is at today in 2010.
Here’s a list of the current top 10 sovereign wealth funds around the world.* [...]

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In Case You Missed It: G8 on the Global Economy and Other Good Tidbits

July 11, 2009 · 3 comments

in G8, international economy, link roundup, reading recommendations

This past week the G8 met in L’Aquila, Italy to discuss the global economy but also climate change and reducing carbon emissions.  According to the Telegraph, Gordon Brown warned “that sharp and unpredictable rises in oil prices risk “choking off” the global economy and pushing the world into a [...]

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