January 6, 2020· 32 min

Why So Many Emerging Markets Are Blowing Up Right Now

Orality
Model
65%
Mixed oral/literate (blogs, casual essays)

Speaker Breakdown

HostJoe Weisenthal(1,361 words)
M:28%
HostTracy Alloway(993 words)
M:93%
GuestPaul Mcnamara(3,114 words)
M:28%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic79%
literally, completely, obviously
Engagement70%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, now, so
Repetition100%
know (104x), think (59x), it's (48x)
Parallelism76%
And I'm Tracy Alloway...., So, Tracy, obviously, 2019 for..., So as someone who's, in Hong K...
Sound Patterns37%
22 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases10%
i mean, the thing is, to be honest

Literate Indicators

Hedging11%
maybe, quite, might
Passive Voice9%
be seen, were imported, be associated
Abstract Nouns19%
investment, recommendation, government
Subordination14%
though, while, because
Sentence Length46%
Avg: 16.6 words/sentence
Word Complexity49%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style30%
415 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style100%
literally, completely, obviously

Description

From Argentina to Chile to Lebanon, we're seeing a high degree of political and economic uncertainty among emerging market economies. On this week's Odd Lots podcast, we speak with Paul McNamara, a veteran fund manager at GAM Investments. McNamara explains why this moment is so turbulent, and what it will take to settle these economies down. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.