Generation rent is fuelling the rental economy, which is projected to grow from $15 billion in 2014 to $335 billion in 2025, and as Darren Winters points out, that is a macro trend that investors cannot ignore. Cash strapped millennials, duped generation rent are opting to rent instead of buy, particularly when it comes to …
Most powerful currencies
Most people know that top on the list of the world’s most powerful currencies is the US dollar. But just how elevated is King dollar’s throne from the other world’s most powerful currencies? A recent IMF press release, entitled Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves (COFER) reveals the answer to the above question. The …
Stealth quantitative easing
Stealth quantitative easing (QE) four QE4 has now been officially announced by Fed Chair Jerome Powell in his recent FOMC policy meeting. As Darren Winters explains, Quantitative tightening has officially ended, the Fed is now expected to resume its balance sheet expansion and in so doing the Fed’s great pivot from tightening to easing is …
Digital disruption
Construction is the last industry to have been impacted by digital disruption. Consequently, there are now no sectors that have not been impacted by the digital disruption revolution, which is the greatest game-changer in a century. As Darren Winters discusses, the digital disruption revolution on a micro-level is altering how consumers transact with suppliers and …