According to official data, outbound investment into manufacturing and information transmission sectors continued to grow. The manufacturing sector attracted $7.2 billion in the first five months, up 11.8% year-on-year. Investment by China’s local enterprises reached $32.75 billion, up 3.8% from a year earlier and accounting for over 75% of the …
Read More »Coronavirus pandemic sinks global investment to 15-year low – report
The coronavirus pandemic “accelerated a steady decline and contributed to sinking global FDI flows to their lowest levels since 2005,” said the report. In 2020, global FDI flows represented only 1% of world GDP – their lowest level since 1999. The FDI inflows nosedived in most countries last year, according to …
Read More »Keynote speaker Snowden crashes ‘elite’ business investment seminar, urges public NOT to give organizer money
Snowden was booked as a keynote speaker at last Saturday’s get-rich-quick online conference hosted by the Canadian-based Private Investment Club (PIC), which promotes itself as “the largest elite real estate investment club in North America.” The group was founded by Sunil Tulsiani, who is described on PIC’s website as a …
Read More »Washington will disappear if it loses control of the printing press, investment manager tells Keiser Report
That was “a horrible decision,” Lepard says, adding, “To me, so many ills that we face in our society are a function of not having sound money.” According to the investment manager, “It’s a tax that nobody voted for and it’s been horrible for the country.” Lepard says that “it …
Read More »Tesla & Bitcoin are perfect bedfellows – one’s an overhyped, risky investment likely to end in tears, and the other… is the same
Saint Elon is a social-media megastar and millennial pied piper. His vast persona and wealth have been created by internet hype, cosy government deals, insane valuations and a lack of regulatory enforcement. Musk’s Tesla shares are the most traded on any exchange in history, with nearly $43 billion worth of …
Read More »Investment guru Jim Rogers bullish on Russia thanks to ‘lots of oil & agriculture’
“Yes, bubbles are beginning to develop. We do not have full-fledged bubbles yet except in bonds, bonds everywhere are a full-fledged bubble,” Rogers said in an interview with India’s Economic Times. “At the moment, if I will buy countries, I would buy Japan, I would buy Russia; both are still …
Read More »Gold market is not a real market, it’s a ‘paper market,’ investment manager tells Keiser Report
There is no price discovery in gold, says Lepard, adding that “it’s a paper market.” “I’ve long contended that the gold market is not a real market. It’s essentially a planned tool,” he explains. According to Lepard, bitcoin is “pointing out to hyperinflation rather blatantly,” and “there’s nothing they can …
Read More »China overtakes US as global destination for foreign investment amid Covid-19 pandemic
The Chinese economy pulled in $163 billion in inflows last year, marking a four percent year-on-year increase, according to the figures released by the UN Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Meanwhile, the US fell into second place as foreign inflows into the largest economy in the world dropped to …
Read More »The US’ fury over the China-Europe investment deal shows how rattled & isolated they are. It’s clear who’s been 2020’s big winner
European Union leaders, including Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron and Ursula von der Leyen hosted a virtual summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday and sealed a comprehensive EU-China investment treaty. Described as the most “ambitious agreement that China has ever concluded with a third country,” the agreement serves to …
Read More »Germany offers US billion-euro LNG investment deal to lift sanctions from Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline – report
According to the paper’s sources, Berlin is ready to invest in the construction of two terminals in Germany to receive American LNG. “In response, the United States will allow the unhindered completion and operation of Nord Stream 2,” Die Zeit said, citing a letter (sent on August 7) from German …
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