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I am going to come clean here and admit to you that I am not smart enough to predict the future. I suspect that no matter how smart one is, the future is not knowable because it just hasn't happened yet. (I know, that sounds like something Yogi Berra would say). I know this may sound simple enough, but you'd be surprised how many self-proclaimed psychics there are working on Wall Street...
With 70% penetration in the United States and more than 100% in some European markets, a growing number of global cell phone companies are shifting their attention to fast-growth emerging markets. That's a big change. When the Internet bubble popped in 2000, emerging markets accounted for only about 10% of cell phone users worldwide.
April's rally in global stock markets notwithstanding, the scorecard for global markets so far in 2008 makes for grim reading. Not a single European market is up so far this year. In Asia, only Taiwan and Pakistan are showing any gains. Latin America is the region that stands out, with Mexico, Chile, Colombia and Brazil all in positive territory. With both China and India down by as much as a third, and Russia down 10.7%, Brazil's 11.2% return to date stands head and shoulders above its BRIC rivals.
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