The Periodic Table of Emerging Markets 2018: Chart

The Periodic Table of Emerging Markets for 2018 was recently published by US Global Investors. This chart is similar to The Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns but is specifically designed for emerging markets. In 2018, the best performing emerging market was Russia with a loss of about 1.5% followed by India and Brazil. Among …

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The World’s Arctic Icebreakers

The following chart shows the world’s fleet of icebreakers in the arctic. Russia leads the list with 50 ships followed by Canada and Finland with 10 each. Click to enlarge   Source: Northern Exposure: Can the Northwest Passage live up to its billing as a maritime superhighway?, Financial Post Earlier: Russia’s Icebreaker Fleet Dominates the …

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The Top 10 Most Valuable Global Brands 2019

Brand Finance, the global consultancy that ranks world’s top brands each year, recently published their Brand Finance Global 500 ranking for 2019.  The following is the Top 10 brands from the list: Click to enlarge Source: Brand Finance The tech sector dominates the top list by taking six positions.Amazon(AMZN) is the world’s top brand with …

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The World’s Biggest Beef Producers: Chart

The three largest beef producers in the world are the US, Brazil and the EU. Together they account about half of the global beef production. Australia and Argentina are also some of the world’s top beef producing countries as shown in the chart below: Click to enlarge   Source: RFE/RL Updated 2/3/19: Who eats the …

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