The Mutual Funds industry is one of the top industries in the US holding billions or even trillions of dollars of investors’ assets under management. As a percentage of GDP, the industry’s Assets Under Management(AUM) is the highest in the US followed by Canada and France. India has the lowest percentage at only 20% behind China.
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Source: India’s Investment Boom, FSSA Investment Managers
We looked at the The Top 20 Countries that received Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2025 recently. In this post, let us review the top countries for FDI outflows – meaning the source countries of FDI. The US remained the top country for both FDI inflow and outflow as well in 2025.
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Source: 2026 World Investment Report, UNCTAD
Following the US, Japan was the top country that invested in other countries last year. China was the third though investments declined from 2024. Most of the major economies in Europe are in the above ranking since many of the world’s leading multinational companies are based there. Among the emerging economies, India is also a major FDI source country after China.
The explosive growth of AI and data centers is driving the demand for electricity higher. Data centers consume huge amount of power – in some cases, the equivalent of a small town’s power consumption. The following infographic lays out the important facts on this topic:
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Source: AI vs. The Power Grid, U.S. Global Investors
I came across a “1936 Pages of Time – A Nostalgia New Report” a while ago. Its fascinating to go through this report and learn some interesting things that happened in 1936. Following are some facts from that year:
Average Income – $1,713.00
New Car – $780.00
New House – $3,925.00
Loaf of Brad – $0.08
Gallon of Gas – $0.10
Gallon of Milk – $0.48
Gold per ounce – $20.67
Silver per ounce – $0.38
Dow Jones Industrial Average – 162
On Friday the Dow Jones closed at 52,485.
The Top 20 Countries that received the most Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2025 are shown in the 2026 World Investment Report published by UNCTAD. Developing countries accounted for nearly half of the countries in the list. The US remained the top country for FDI with investments of $277.0 billion followed by Singapore and Hong Kong, China.
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Source: 2026 World Investment Report, UNCTAD
FDI in China declined in 2025 slightly. Brazil’s FDI was up due to increased flows into natural resources and renewable resources sector. Services and manufacturing continue to drive higher flows into India and Mexico. It is interesting that despite thousands of sanctions, Russia received $25.0 in FDI.
One point to note is that FDI remains concentrated among a few countries. The top 20 countries 80 percent of FDI in 2025. So rest of the countries in the world lose out on economic growth.