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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Index providers MSCI and FTSE have launched many indices over the years. Hundreds of ETF providers and other companies use these indices to benchmark the performance of their products. Some use the MSCI while others use the FTSE. For example, the iShares Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) tracks the performance of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The Vanguard …
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The Pharmaceutical Executive magazine published its annual ranking of the Top 50 Pharma Companies Worldwide based on sales earlier this month. New York -based Pfizer(PFE) was topped the list with a sales of over $47.4 billion in 2012. The Top 50 Global Pharma Companies are listed in the tables below: Click to enlarge Source: Pharmaceutical Executive Here …
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