On the Continuous Rise of College Tuition in the U.S.

The cost of college education continues to increase year-after-year. In fact, the inflation in college tuition is higher rate than other products and services including heatlhcare as shown in the chart below from one my earlier posts on this subject. Click to enlarge   The chart below shows the growth of college tuition from the 1980s: …

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Knowledge is Power: Ethical Shopping, Mythbusters, Tax-Efficient Investing Edition

Buying Better:The Impossible Challenge of Ethical Shopping (Der Spiegel) An unusual UK recovery and the public debt (Invesco, UK) Demographic trends (Fidelity) Now that the annual ritual of tax season nightmare for Americans is over its time to consider The Importance of Tax-Efficient Investing (Charles Schwab) for next year. Also see How to Cut the Tax on Your Investments (WSJ) Oil …

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Global Finance: The World’s Best Developed Markets Banks 2015

Global Finance magazine published its annual ranking of the world’s best banks in March. The following is a list of the The World’s Best Developed Markets Banks for 2015. These banks were selected based on many factors including objective and subjective factors. From the press release: The winners of this year’s awards are those banks that …

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The Top 25 Stocks on the NYSE based on Market Capitalization

Its been a few years since I looked at the largest firms listed on the New York Stock Exchange(NYSE). So here are the top 25 companies on the NYSE based on Market Capitalization. All these firms have market caps of $50.0 billion or more. A few observations: Despite the fall in oil prices U.S. oil major Exxon …

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