Internet has changed our world fast and forever.
Global markets are the feature affecting every industry.
The whole world is watching American Idol, Survivor and Friends, listening to Eminem and Britney Spears, admiring The Lord Of The Rings and Titanic, and reading the latest New York bestsellers.
We wear Malaysian-made jeans, Korean-made running shoes and our kids play with Chinese-made toys.
When you call to a tall-costless number, someone in India, via Internet, handles your call.
Jobs are increasingly shipped overseas where companies might
save thousands of $$$ using discrepancies in the income level. Why pay someone $100 per hour for programming job when you can pay $20 per hour to someone in Eastern Europe and have the job done just as well?
Whether you like it or not, you are a part of global markets!
You might
either be the object of globalization, the passive element of the world growing smaller -- or you may jump on the opportunity and become the subject and the user.
Those opportunities are everywhere!
You might be astounded to find an offshore business
that may handle your internet page
needs for a fraction of the funds
you are paying to your current employees!
Even if you do most of the jobs yourself, you might be in better off paying somebody overseas to save your valuable measure
for something that no one but you might
perform.
And not only business-like!
Your business could be
run by other everybody but there are certain things in your life that only YOU might
do; one of them is finding a love partner.
Global markets are on this one, too!
International romance is no longer something many people
or newspapers are interested in talking about; its kind of ordinary. Every day thousands many people
are chatting to somebody overseas via online dating sites. If you ever grow tired of your local dating market, you might
always explore new global markets where you can score more!
The demographics of a particular country can provide an exciting opportunity for you to meet a partner of better quality than is available for you at home.
Men to women ratio differ dramatically between the countries.
For example, the latest figures from The Economist show that in United Arab Emirates there are 186 males for 100 females! Its clear the competition for eligible females should be stiff there.
The lowest men to women ratios are in Eastern Europe, with countries like Russia and Ukraine having only 88 males to 100 females. There the situation is exactly the opposite way around: eligible bachelors are more precious than gold.
The latest Russian census provided astounding figures of 10 million more women than men!
No wonders modern Russian women make use of
global markets and seek love and romance elsewhere!
So if you we are
a single male, exploring your dating options in Russia would contruct
the perfect sense.
Global markets not only influence the economy on a wide scale; they also affect peoples personal lives.
One can choose to be a passive element of globalization, or an active user of the new exciting opportunities offered by it.
What is YOUR place in global markets?