Archive of entries posted on November 2016

Blackrock: Why Hold Dividend-Paying Stocks Even When Interest Rates Rise

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Interest rates are projected to rise sometime later this year or next year. This has many income investors worried as rising interest rates is not good for income stocks such as utilities. However Richard Turnill, BlackRock Global Chief Investment Strategist at Blackrock noted in a blog post that dividend-paying stocks are still preferred to own in a …

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Globalization: Impact on Global Exports and Ecnomic Growth

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The exponential rise of globalization in the past few decades has created winners and losers. Some of the losers are workers in the developed countries.Winners include corporations, capitalists, farmers, etc, in these countries. In addition, one of the biggest beneficiaries of globalization is the millions of workers in developing countries. As the middle-class workers in the rich …

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Infographics: US National Parks

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The US National Park Service (NPS) celebrated its 100th year anniversary on August 25, 2016. The creation of the great park system has been called  called “the best idea we ever had.” by the famous writer and environmentalist Wallace Stegner. Below is a neat infographics on the parks from the WSJ: Click to enlarge Source: How Economical …

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Wealth Distribution Across Select OECD Countries: Chart

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Wealth distribution or lack thereof varies across OECD countries. The US is the most unequal country in terms of household wealth distribution among the select countries shown in the chart below: Click to enlarge Source: OECD The richest 10% of the Americans own more than 75% of the total household net wealth.Crony capitalism, regulatory capture, …

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Why Are US Bank Stocks Soaring

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Bank stocks in the US have been in doldrums for many years now since the Global Financial Crisis(GFC). Investors mostly avoided them as a mountain of new regulations and ultra-low interest rates pressured their earnings quarter after quarter. But with the dramatic victory of President-elect Trump bank stocks have soared. In the two days since …

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