The following article is from TheEconomist.com, published November 11th, 2009. It is a timely article given the fear surrounding current US monetary policy and what it means for the US dollar as a primary currency reserve. I think the telling point in this article is “what are the options?” to the US $ as the primary currency reserve. There are solutions, but they not going to be easily adopted anytime…
Let me preface this with saying that I always think that these types of graphs are self-serving for the people in my position. However, it is still interesting data when considering the recent run in equities: http://fiws.fidelity.com/emails/insight_outlook/download/09_1111_MARE_Still_High.pdf
This chart from The Economist highlights how the control of oil supplies will be one of the biggest economic and political challenges of the developing nations, specifically Asia: http://www.economist.com/daily/chartgallery/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14790202&source=features_box4
Just another reason why Google’s ability to leverage the data it collects through search information makes it one of the most fascinating and frightening companies around: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&sid=azd8zJ101__M
This is a very interesting organization. A friend of mine e-mailed me a link on them this morning. They facilitate micro-loans to entrepreneurs in developing nations: http://www.kiva.org
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