2nd Quarter 2018 Wrap Up - the Rise of the Asian Consumer

The rise of the Asian consumer will have a powerful impact on your life, your work, your investments and your community for years to come.

Asian growth is driving many current trends, from the rise of megacities, to the heated competition to produce self-driving cars, to wild swings and mergers and acquisitions in pork, wine and other agricultural markets, to scores of Western schools adding Mandarin to their curriculum. It is also inspiring fierce competition in currency and financial markets, leadership in technology and space, and growing trade wars.

The goal of our 2nd Quarter 2018 Wrap Up is to help you understand what is happening and to inspire you to anticipate what it can and will mean to you. I will look at the impact on economics, on financial markets, on geopolitics, on consumer products as well as local communities as scores of successful Asians and their children study, invest, work and immigrate globally.