My Investing Muse

With the recent Ukraine conflict, the world has seen changes in relationships shaped by political and economic restrictions. With sanctions applied on Russia, the economic partnership between Europe and Russia has been replaced by other players, notably China. In the article  below , China RMB is already the most popular currency in Russia. An extract from the article: The Chinese yuan has surpassed the US dollar as the most traded currency in Russia, largely because of sanctions imposed on Moscow after it invaded Ukraine 14 months ago. Russian companies and the government have been forced to undertake foreign trade transactions in currencies of allies such as China and India, which have declined to support sanctions imposed by Washington, the European Union and other nations because of the strong reaction to the first conflict in Europe since World War II. The behaviour & actions of the US has caused itself to be distant from several countries. The US has gotten into trouble w...

  My investing muse Earth has hit the 8 billion population mark recently. The below is extracted from a Nov 2022 UN  post : While  it took the global population 12 years to grow from 7 to 8 billion , it will take approximately 15 years—until 2037— for it to reach 9 billion, a sign that the overall growth rate of the global population is slowing. We are seeing more developed countries with ageing challenges, a drop in births and longer life expectancy. Screenshot about population collapse warning Elon Musk has been vocal about a population collapse as seen in the economic times  article . While most of us are aware of “Climate Crisis”, we are probably not familiar with the risks of population collapse. It is not just affecting the population but there are also economic impacts which can potentially bankrupt nations ~ developed countries included. When low birth rates meet longer life expectancy, this means that we have a lesser population who will be working to suppor...