Global: Hitting a BRIC Wall?

Posted by Matt in September 27th, 2006

BRIC = Brazil, Russia, India and China

It’s always risky to paint different pictures with the same brush. That’s true of economies as well as financial assets. And it’s especially true of the so-called BRICs construct that has taken investors by storm in recent years — driven by a fixation on the open-ended growth potential of Brazil, Russia, India, and China. The danger lies both in generalization and extrapolation. As cyclical risks to the global economy mount, the BRICs might be the first to crack.

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