| When times get tough, it never hurts to have €700bn stashed away like Norway does in the world’s biggest sovereign wealth fund, to cushion the blow of plunging oil prices. Oslo has prudently tucked away most of its oil money since the 1990s in order to be able to finance its generous welfare state indefinitely.
Invested in stocks, bonds and real estate, the fund is now worth about 6.96-trillion kroner (€734bn), equivalent to about six annual budgets or more than €137,000 for each of the country’s 5.2-million inhabitants...............................................Full Article: Source
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