Backchat: Demographic dividends and exotic renewables

Most of 2019 has had the spectre of a global downturn lurking in the background. Fears of the US-China trade war, the latter’s slowing economy, and other issues such as Brexit and a sluggish European economy, have contributed to a sense of gloom about the future.  Are there any bright spots to be had? Yes – but you have to look quite hard. Emerging markets offer pockets of appeal, despite their traditional status as a harbinger of the next economic peril. And within those markets,…