Japan has the 3rd largest economy after the U.S. and China with a GDP of $5.4 Trillion in 2010. The country has a population of just 126 million and the per capita GDP is high at $39,727 in 2009. However public debt as a percentage of GDP is very high at 194.7% in 2009. Tax …
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China’s economy experienced tremendous growth in the past few decades primarily due to government spending and not due to private consumption. Much of the state spending was directed towards infrastructure such as roads, railroads, dams, electricity grids, etc. and other large scale projects. An example of such project is the world’s longest sea bridge opened …
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The Banker magazine has published the list of the Top 1000 World Banks based on 2010 data. The graphic below lists The Top 25 Banks by Profits: Source: The Banker Some observations: 1. Among the British banks only Barclays(BCS) and HSBC (HBC) are in this list with HSBC ranked at number five. British banks such …
The Globe and Mail recently published an interesting article on Canadian dividend growth stocks. With research help from Morningstar CPMS, the article revealed three lists with different views on dividend growth. From the article: One includes the Canadian stocks that have increased dividends in each of the past 10 years, and another covers 15 stocks …