Infographic: Inside the Panama Canal
The Panama Canal is 48 miles long connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. The canal opened in 2014. I came across the following cool infographic at Allianz: Click to enlarge Source: Allianz
Archive of entries posted on March 2015
On the Tier 1 Common Ratio of Large U.S. Banks
In October of last year the European Banking Authority published the results of its stress test results of European banks. Most of the banks studied by the agency passed the test with only 13 identified to need extra capital including Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA of Italy, National Bank of Greece(NBG). From a Journal …
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Double Digit Returns from Stocks is Not the Norm
In 2014, the U.S. equity markets had an excellent year with the S&P 500 rising 13.69% including dividends. This year the performance of the index has been average so far. Since the lows attained during the Global Financial Crisis in 2009 the S&P 500 has shot up and has more than doubled. From 2009 thru 2014 except …
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Knowledge is Power: Investment Strategy, Siberian Hermit, Down Under Edition
Canada vs. the U.S.: Whose retirement grass is greener? (Financial Post). Related to the UK, see 74% don’t know Isa allowance limits (Money Observer) 10 things you didn’t know about Eurovision (Deutsche Welle) A tale of three sectors (Allianz’s Unconstrained Thinking) Why households stay away from the stock market in India (The Hindu Business Line) The East India …
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The Top European Oil Services and Drilling Companies
Crude prices plunged dramatically in the past few month from over $100 a barrel to about $60 a barrel for Brent crude. The decline in oil prices also led to the collapse in stock prices of drillers, oil-sector service providers, MLPs, etc. However in the past few weeks oil prices have stabilized and may slowly …
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