Among the South East Asian countries, South Korea is the top country for internet usage and connectivity. Poorer countries like Myanmar, Indonesia and Loas have a long way to go in terms of internet infrastructure and usage.
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Source: Finance & Development, IMF
The US is the 2nd largest exporter in the world. The top three export destinations for American goods are Canada, Mexico and China. The following infographic adds some additional insight into US exports:
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Source: iContainers
China is the world’s largest exporting country in terms of the value of goods exported. No wonder “Made in China” are the three most powerful and popular words almost in every country. The top 5 export destinations for Chinese goods are the US, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Germany in that order.
The infographic below shows some of the fascinating facts about China’s exports:
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Source: iContainers
Some of the big tech companies are now bigger than some countries in terms of market capitalization. For example, the GDP of UK is about $2.2 Trillion. But the market caps of tech giants Amazon(AMZN), Microsoft(MSFT) and Apple(AAPL) combined now exceed UK’s GDP.
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Source: Profit from tech revolution through diversified index approach by Kris Walesby, ETF Securities, Australia
Similarly Intel is bigger than Portugal. However it should be noted that this is purely a numbers comparison. Russia, the world’s largest country is not equal to just companies – Amazon and Apple. Some consider Amazon to be the largest flea market in the world while Apple sells over-priced products to gullible consumers. So the entire country of Russia is not just these two companies by any measure other than the market cap and GDP.
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