Flashman

Proving that we’re not the only country eyeing an Asian Century, the US National Intelligence Council has delivered its latest keynote Global Trends report, forecasting the world in 2030.

The last twenty years have seen two extraordinary phenomena for investors: the economic ascendance of emerging markets and the economic ascendance of Australia, feeding those emerging markets with commodity exports.

Humanity has long been confounded by the ever-shifting changes of the Earth.

I usually don’t like to comment on the things politicians say on the hoof – it’d leave time for little else – but I found interesting the Treasurer’s use of the word “modern” in today’s press conference to deflect commentary that the RBA’s rate cut reflected weak fundamentals.

Australia is a great sporting nation, but also being a nation that’s world-class in weight-gain, it’s a great sports-watching nation as well.

Now that the transition is over, the real change begins.

This coming week, Macro Investor is doing a special edition on the future of Australia’s oil and gas sector.

Go to Tokyo, it’s said, and you’ll visit the future.

The world was yesterday treated to the edifying spectacle of Barack Obama returned to the White House on a clear majority, despite pre-election polls forecasting a very tight election race.

The world awaits with bated breath the results of the US presidential election. But for Australia, this isn’t the most important leadership change this week. Even in America, the changeover of America’s House of Representatives (elected every two years) is arguably more significant.