Maps: Global Population Density
The world in beautiful detail
Nassim Taleb: Recessions End up Being Good for Stocks, Booms Are Bad
“But if you walk outside the stock-market… you see nothing but businesses closed. You have entire sectors that will not come back…”
Mark Mobius: We Are on Cusp of Another Bull Market
“You’ve really got to think about equity so that you’re in an asset that is going to be moving with the rise in inflation.”
Map: The Spread of Buddhism from 500 BC to 1200 AD
The circuitous spread of Buddhism in Southern and Eastern Asia
Map: Where the World’s Ultra-Rich Live
If the wealth divide of the last decade looked bad, just wait for what comes next
Second Wave of Coronavirus Outbreak Peaking? Third Wave Already Starting?
The world isn’t going back to normal anytime soon
Clearer Signs Emerge That the Coronavirus Outbreak Is Losing Momentum
Several of the largest outbreaks are already peaking
Visual: The History of Pandemics
From the Antonine Plague of 165 to 180 AD to CoVID-19
US Arms Exports Surge 23%, France Rises 72%, Russia Shrinks 18%
The US remains the largest arms export in the world
Mark Mobius: Low Interest Rates Are Driving Disconnect Between Economy and Markets
“You see this strange situation where economic growth may be slowing down a little bit… but you’re seeing the markets continue to go up”