One of the main themes that I have written about many times on this site is for U.S. investors to invest in foreign stocks. There are plenty of reasons to invest in foreign stocks with diversification being one of the top reasons. So far this year, the U.S. markets have lagged in performance relative to international …
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The Russian economy is highly dependent on commodities especially the oil and gas industry. The performance of the economy and the equity benchmark RTS index is co-related to the price of the oil. In fact, the oil sector accounted for about 50% of Russia’s exports of goods and services in 2013 and provided 45% of …
The following chart shows the ratio of the average income of the richest 10% to the poorest 10% in OECD countries based on the latest data available: Click to enlarge Source: OECD Income inequality is the highest in Mexico followed by Chile. However these are emerging countries. Among the developed countries, the U.S. has the highest …
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