Tuesday’s strong rally on Wall Street was the signal for the rest of the world to push up markets in anticipation of a continued improvement in the US economy. In Japan investors stimulated their nation’s benchmark to a point higher than it’s been in seven months, while oil floated just under $107 per barrel. The… Continue Reading
GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK:LN) is a giant drug manufacturing and distribution company. It is traded in London and in America. While the American stocks are going up slowly they also pay quarterly dividends. However, the English stocks are doing very well. They have gone up from 1,096 English pounds in February to 1,373 pounds last week.… Continue Reading
One of China’s major growth industries today is English language education. The rapid growth of this industry is due to the generally fast expansion of China’s economy, including rising disposable income and a fast-paced trend towards urbanization throughout the country. Guanya Education Group is one of the leaders in China’s English Education sector, with a… Continue Reading
With Irene having passed through the North East, Wall Street is set to reopen its doors. Everyone can breathe a sigh of relief and quiet moment of thanks that there was not more damage, but the US economy seems to be slowing none the less. The most significant indicators pointing to a possible double dip… Continue Reading
Those who know me, know that I extol the virtuous foresight of those investors who have gone East into the emerging markets. Its true, its a new game there, but there is money to be made from India to China. Those multinationals that have had increased sales to these emerging markets are the most stable… Continue Reading
Which Countries Are Participating? It seems like there are some countries with all the money and others that have none. That might not be so far from the truth; at least, until recently. Currently, there are six “emerging economies” which are likely to “account for more than half of all global growth by 2025.” These… Continue Reading
It looks like the global economy is still on the road to recovery. Problem is, that road might be getting somewhat slippery according to Jan du Plessis (chairman of Rio Tinto). He says that markets around the world, “remain fragile.” He spoke about this at today’s yearly miner’s meeting that took place in Perth. Although… Continue Reading
Preventive Global Economic Crisis Measures It was bad enough that we had to endure the worst global economic crisis since the Second World War, but what would be even worse would be not learning from it. So what can be done today? Measures need to be taken now to ensure a continual “tracking of economic… Continue Reading
Watch Out for Interest Rates Oh no. They’re at it again. We’re trying to recover from the global economic crisis and it seems the centralized banks can’t leave well enough alone. At least that is what the average man in the street is going to think when interest rates are increased by the European Central… Continue Reading
With the global economy still in somewhat of a crisis and all the events in Japan impacting world finances too, it might be understandable if one were to inquire about the current position of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today. Of course though, when it comes to such large monetary issues, where there are two… Continue Reading