The CIA’s World FactBook is one of my favorite online resources. We’ve written about it before in an article on global investing.
Thinking about a vacation to Belize and want to learn more about the country? You’ll find lots of useful information on topics ranging from climate and transportation to people and society, just to name a few.
Wonder what the CIA’s take is on the economy and debt crisis in Greece? You can find that as well.
And back to global investing.
Right now a 10-year Italian bond is yielding 5 ½ %, while a 10-year Spanish bond yields about 5 %.
A 5-year Portuguese bond is yielding almost 17 %, but read the World FactBook and you know why:
“Investors, however, continue to express concern about the government’s ability to achieve future budget deficit targets and obtain foreign financing to cover its sovereign debt obligations when the EU-IMF financing program expires in 2013”
You can find the CIA’s World Factbook at: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ .
Just select a country and you’ll find useful economic, political, geographic and other information.
And there’s the Kid’s Page at https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/index.html , where you can play games, solve puzzles and learn all about the CIA.
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