Credit Suisse recently published their famous Global Investment Returns Yearbook for 2015. It is a fascinating report with a variety of superb charts. For example, the chart below shows the sector weightings for select countries: Click to enlarge The entire report is worth a read for serious investors. Download the full report by clicking on the …
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China is the world’s second-largest consumer of oil after the U.S. Much of the oil consumed by China is imported making it the second largest importer of oil also. According to the U.S. EIA, China consumed about 10.7 million barrels per day in 2013. China’s oil production and consumption Click to enlarge China’s largest oil …
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland has delisted its ADRs from the NYSE. The ADR used to trade with the ticker IRE. The last trade on the exchange happened on Feb 12, 2015. Here is the ADR termination timeline from the bank’s investor relations site: Expected delisting and ADR termination timeline 21 …
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The Russian economy is the seventh largest in the world with a GDP of $2.55 Trillion (based on purchasing power parity) in 2013 according to data by the CIA’s World Factbook. The petroleum industry is one of the major contributors to the economy with the majority of the industry’s products exported to Europe. The petroleum industry …
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The U.S. economy is officially considered a free-market economy. However in reality, many sectors of the economy are dominated by a handful of monopolies and oligopolies. For example, the tax preparation industry is dominated major players like TurboTax (owned by Intuit), H&R Block and TaxAct. The U.S. is one of the few countries in the world that …
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