Last updated April 7th, 2025. Asia's population exceeds four billion and will increasingly shape our entire planet. When it comes to Singapore verses Hong Kong, which of these cities is truly at the center of the world's largest continent? Not every country will...
Update for September, 2018: Thailand ranks at the same spot (30th place) in this year's competitiveness index as in 2015 when this article was originally published. As such, Thailand's problems remain and this article is still very relevant. International...
Last updated September 27th, 2019. Home prices in Southeast Asia's financial center have plummeted since the beginning of 2015. Analysts are now worried the Singapore property bubble might burst soon. Singapore's residential real estate market has...
Update for November, 2021: Myanmar started allowing foreign real estate ownership in 2016 since this article was originally published. Yet the nation's economic and political conditions aren't currently positive. You should consider holding off on investing in Myanmar...
Last updated September 13th, 2018. The Philippine economy will grow by a huge amount before 2030 and become one of Southeast Asia's largest. Meanwhile, a burgeoning middle class and strong industry are supporting optimism among both individual and corporate...
Last updated December 24th, 2018. Cambodia's economy will prosper over the next several years as GDP growth continues rising in the high 6% range annually. Low labor costs compared to its competitors, increasing foreign investment, along with falling crude oil prices...
Last updated April 6th, 2022. Beijing is gathering worldwide support for China's New Silk Road, setting aside over US$100 billion to build massive infrastructure projects that will connect Asia to Europe. Also referred to as the "Belt and Road Initiative" this...
Last updated April 10th, 2022. Asia is home to a greater number of currencies than any continent on the planet. Over fifty of them, to be a bit more precise. Because of this, Forex traders - along with investors merely wanting to diversify their portfolio into...
Last updated May 14th, 2019. The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC 2015) arrived recently. Yet the difficulties of creating a single market of over 600 million people makes investors concerned about the economic bloc and its future. Here's a quick overview if you...
Last updated June 15th, 2019. Indonesia is one of the world's largest phone makers. And they're quickly becoming one of the biggest consumers of phones too. eMarketer says the country will have over 100 million active monthly smartphone users before 2021, making...