by Reid Kirchenbauer | Advice, Analysis, Blog, Editor's Picks, Frontier Markets
Frontier economies will outpace developed economies in the 2020s because of a simple mathematical truth: 1+1 is 2, and that is a 100% increase; while 100+1 is 101 and that’s merely a 1% increase. In other words, a modest, evenly distributed raise, has more of an...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Analysis, Blog, Editor's Picks
Since the beginning of 2020, the world economy has been reeling from the onset of a global pandemic, the likes of which has not been seen since the Spanish flu epidemic in 1918. The economic impacts of this event have been dubbed “The Great Lockdown”....
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Analysis, Blog
Recessions are a fact of life in most countries. They seem to arrive every 7 years or so on average, leaving unemployment and stock market collapses in their wake. Many investors dream of endless growth without worrying about the next recession or uncertainty over...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Analysis, Blog
Short-term bumps in an economy are unavoidable. Except in a few rare cases, recessions strike about once every seven or eight years on average. There’s not much you can do about an occasional recession. But either way, we’re more concerned about the...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Analysis, Blog
Last updated April 8th, 2019. We usually focus on Asia’s countless opportunities for profit. In general, Asia has a very bright future ahead of itself. Average growth rates exceed anywhere in the western world. This trend looks to continue for the foreseeable...
by Reid Kirchenbauer | Analysis, Blog
Last updated August 16th, 2019. Singapore’s economy is often used as a prime example of how business-friendly policies can jumpstart a country’s growth. Most of our readers are already familiar with Singapore’s quick transformation from a...