Top Tweets Today-19/08/2015

Some interesting developments in terms of population, not surprising that African countries have some of the largest predicted population growth forecasts as the continent begins its ascent to economical emancipation. Judging by these forecasts it looks like almost half the world's population in 2050 will come from India & China, not much different from what we see today. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

These 10 countries will have the world's biggest populations by 2050 http://t.co/Ej4hvhedMb pic.twitter.com/U76F1s8Crl

— Bloomberg Business (@business) August 19, 2015

How low can it go? Anyone's guess, but all the while political instability increases at rapid pace throughout OPEC member nations. How effective OPEC is in pricing out competition will be determined by the ability of member nations to accept lower oil revenues with ultimately negative economic consequences.

Political turmoil may get even worse among OPEC's 'Fragile Five' http://t.co/TV3mIYaaX4 pic.twitter.com/7r7R78rBAe

— Bloomberg Markets (@markets) August 19, 2015

 Sneaking back into the news after a sabbatical from causing chaos, Germany finally approves a Greek bailout. Much of the hype around Greece has been drawn away from the acrobatic price shifts in the Chinese stock markets...

GERMAN LAWMAKERS APPROVE THIRD GREEK BAILOUT IN PARLIAMENT VOTE

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) August 19, 2015

 ...and just to get the extent of how volatile times have gotten in Chinese financial markets here's a great exhibition of how wild moves can be. I posted a blog early and Shanghai was down 3%, came back a few hours later and it was positive.

#China snaps back to close positive by 1.2% after early 5% loss briefly violated 200-day, 1 mth trendline support pic.twitter.com/F1NvmD1LZZ

— Mark Newton (@MarkNewtonCMT) August 19, 2015

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