Major U.S. markets reached all-time highs last week. For example, the S&P 500 reached a record high of 1,687.18 surpassing the earlier high attained in 2007 before the global financial crisis. Multi-year return of S&P 500: Source: Yahoo Finance All the cheer and excitement that followed for reaching the milestones may be premature. This is …
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Came across this very interesting cartoon: Click to enlarge Source: Bulletin 2/2013, Credit Suisse AG
The equity market in India as represented by the benchmark Sensex is up 1.40% YTD. In the past year, the index has had a strong run going from over 16,000 to 20,443 this year before closing at 19,704 last Friday. The Sensex has more than doubled from the lows reached in early 2009 at the height of …
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The German economy is the largest in Europe with a GDP size of about 2.6 Trillion Euros in 2012. As an export-driven economy, Germany consistently runs an export surplus. The following chart shows Germany’s major trading partners in 2012: Click to enlarge Source: De Statis Some interesting facts about Germany’s trade: Germany’s most important trade …
One of the questions perennial confronting investors looking to invest in gold is whether to invest in physical gold or gold miners who actually produce the gold. Generally investing is physical gold is better idea than buying gold stocks. Since buying and holding physical gold nowadays involves many problems such as the possibility of theft …
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