Favorable economic data over the last decade, paired with a benign inflationary backdrop, has enabled US companies to generate a stronger earnings recovery over this cycle than other countries and regions. Earnings in the US are 71% above their pre-crisis peak, compared to 45% in China, 17% in Japan, and declines in the UK, Eurozone, and emerging market countries in aggregate. With respect to the prosperity of individual citizens, US GDP per capita has increased by 33% since

The idea of China creating the $900 billion “New Silk Road” through a trade network reaching to Africa, is widely known to investors worldwide. This raises the question: why? How are the emerging markets in around the world developing to warrant such a mass scale project? Focusing on Africa, one of the targets of this infrastructure project, global business interest has blossomed. On a pure geography perspective, Africa’s land exceeds that of China, Europe, and the US combine

The idea of air-mobility solutions for goods transport is appealing; over three billion gallons of fuel are wasted through traffic congestion, and people spend seven billion extra hours in their car due to them annually. These challenges are not expected to stop without technological development and have a high chance of intensifying through growing populations and rising urbanization projected to continue in the coming decades. Additionally, revolutionizing business to consu