by Kelly Block | Mar 10, 2020 | Blog, Economics, Emerging Markets, Ernesto Rangel
What started as an unusual respiratory illness in China at the end of 2019 has quickly become a full-blown global health crisis with thousands affected worldwide. At the end of December 2019, Chinese government officials announced that several dozen individuals were...
by Ernesto Rangel | Jan 28, 2020 | Blog, Ernesto Rangel
Investing in emerging markets, especially the BRIC countries, has been a winning strategy over the past two decades. As Brazil, Russia, India, and particularly China matured into full-scale capitalism, investors made huge gains. In recent years, though, that has...
by Ernesto Rangel | Dec 27, 2019 | Blog, Ernesto Rangel
When it comes to oil and business, much of the conversation is about the supply side. Since at least the 1970s, everyone has been keenly aware of OPEC and its influence on the available supply of oil. OPEC has been known to artificially restrict supplies of oil, in...
by Ernesto Rangel | Dec 3, 2019 | Blog, Ernesto Rangel
The snack industry is booming, especially in the world’s developing markets, and the industry has taken note of that trend. Some of the industry’s leading businesses, including Mondelēz International, have decided to focus their efforts on expanding their...
by Ernesto Rangel | Oct 29, 2019 | Blog, Ernesto Rangel
Ford Motor Company announced earlier this month that they are taking steps to aid in their emerging market share in India by teaming up with the India automobile company Mahindra & Mahindra. Ford’s reasoning behind this joint venture is to reduce the risks that...
by Ernesto Rangel | Aug 27, 2019 | Blog, Economics, Emerging Markets, Ernesto Rangel, Finance
Although Chile may be one of the smaller emerging markets in the Americas, Chile’s GDP has been growing at an annual rate of 4.3% on average since the global financial crisis. Its GDP per capita has been growing at an even faster rate of 5.3%, increasing its viability...
