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?, …
Equity prices follow earnings. While in the short-term a company’s stock may fluctuate wildly due to any number of reasons, the stock price will follow earnings. So if earnings per share continue to grow year after year the stock price will also go higher. The following chart shows the relationship between S&P 500 price returns …
Continue reading ‘S&P 500 Price Returns vs. Earnings Per Share Over Long-Term: Chart’ »
Investors looking for growth stocks can consider the oilfield service sector and the auto-parts sector.In this post, let us look at some of the reasons why these sectors look attractive now and how to gain from the potential growth offered by these sectors. After years of stagnant to no-growth companies operating in the oilfield service industry …
Continue reading ‘Two Sectors That Offer Potential Growth Opportunities’ »
The World Economic Forum 2017 holds it annual meeting of the global elite in Davos, Switzerland. This meeting is for the wealthy and powerful to get together in a beautiful country to talk about all the world’s problems among themselves and with the media. To coincide with this pow pow, British charity Oxfam released a report …
Continue reading ‘Just Eight Billionaires Own The Same Wealth As 3.6 Billion People’ »
UK-based tobacco giant British American Tobacco PLC(BTI) has announced a stock split in the ratio of 2:1 with a ADR Record Date of 02/06/17. The ADR closed at $115.21 on Friday. Last year, competitor Imperial Brands PLC(IMBBY) had a 2 for 1 stock split. 5-year return chart: Click to enlarge Source: Google Finance As a sin …
Continue reading ‘British American Tobacco ADR: Upcoming Stock Split’ »