Canadian businesses can also follow the lead of a handful of pioneer companies that have already decided to take steps to
invest in countries along the Belt and Road route.
Not exact matches
As part of a climate and clean growth plan, the Canadian government needs to do the same and
invest in EV fast - charging stations
along highways throughout the
country.
«Given what looks to continue to be a low - interest - rate environment for some time
in many
countries,
along with uncertainties about government safety nets, individuals may need to think more strategically about
investing for retirement — and how to generate income after,» said Ed Perks, executive vice president, chief investment officer, Franklin Templeton Equity.
These involve the investor borrowing at the short end of the yield curve, particularly
in those
countries where rates have been very low, such as the United States, Japan and Switzerland, and
investing either further out
along the yield curve or
in countries where interest rates have been relatively high, such as Australia and the United Kingdom.
While such inaccuracy could have resulted
in an overexaggeration by Hammond of the potential benefits to the north - west, if we compare the data with
countries around the world that have
invested in high - speed rail — including France, Germany, Spain, China and Japan, with America having recently announced plans to expand its rail infrastructure — all showed significant growth
along the line.
You know, another point is that even if you put aside those kinds of consequences, the fact is that you are always
investing in your energy infrastructure anyway; so for example there are very expensive things you could do that would be involved
in trying to change how electricity is distributed across the
country to help
along, you know, [a] hydrogen based economy.
That
in turn allows it to borrow very cheaply (average interest rate 3.6 %), which,
along with its massive cash position, allows it to not only continue growing the dividend, but also
invest in future growth by acquiring new asset managers
in other
countries and industries (such as K2 Securities to get into hedge funds).
While the idea that being
invested in other
countries provides a hedge against inflation / deflation
in the US is very intriguing, it occurs to me that the US is such a massive portion of the world economy that were it to enter either of these spirals the rest of the world would be sucked right
along.
I am dubious about Russia, but would love a way to
invest in the agricultural promise of eastern europe,
along with the young workforce and relatively underrated
country of Turkey, which I feel could be a superpower again within the next 100 years or so.
There are several dozen other
countries investing in next - generation nuclear technologies (
along with things like renewables, shale gas, coal - to - gas, etc.) to power rapidly growing demand.