Archive of entries posted on January 2017

Knowledge is Power: Bond Proxies, US Airports, International Stocks Edition

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UK: Are mislabelled ‘bond proxies’ the new value sector?, FE Trustnet Will a Trump presidency make US active fund management great again?, Money Observer All Aboard the CSX Activist Train, Bloomberg Gadfly Why do so many people hate US airports?, BBC The CURE for a calm market: Four risks for 2017, Schwab The Champions of the …

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US Stocks Outperformed Foreign Stocks Under Former US President Obama

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US stocks performed extremely well under former President Obama easily beating foreign stocks as the chart from yesterday’s journal shows below. During his rule, the S&P 500 returned an annualized return of 16.3% including dividends despite a lackluster economic growth. Foreign stocks as represented by MSCI Emerging and World Ex-US indices lagged in performance especially …

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The World’s 10 Longest Metro Networks

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The Second Avenue subway line opened as part of the New York subway system recently. Though the New York Subway network is vast, it is not the longest in the world. The following is a neat graphic showing the top 10 longest metro networks and also ridership figures: Click to enlarge Source: What’s the Nearest Subway Stop?, …

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