Video: MiG-29 – Flight To The Edge Of Space
Incredible video of a MiG-29 flight to the edge of space!. View from a camera mounted outside the jet. Source: English Russia
Archive of entries posted on August 2017
Three Concentration Risks In The British Stock Market
Concentration risk is one of the risks that investors in the British equity market must be aware of. Though the UK is one of the largest economies in Europe and in the developed world, its equity market is highly concentrated with select sectors and companies dominating the market. So British investors are wise to diversify …
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15 Dividend Heros of the FTSE 100 Index
The UK equity market is a fertile ground for investors looking to unearth dividend-paying stocks. Traditionally UK has had high dividend yields compared to other developed markets especially the US. An article published last month at The Money Observer discussed the Dividend Heros of the benchmark FTSE-100 index. Research by the stock broker AJ Bell …
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Four Classic Bubbles of the Past: Chart
Defining a bubble in equity markets is tricky. However according to Jeffrey Kleintop at Schwab a bubble is defined as a rise of 1,000% or 10 times over 10 years. The chart below shows four bubbles from the past. While today some tech stocks are all the rage and the NASDAQ has reached record levels, one of …
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A Look Back at the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-09
The Global Financial Crisis(GFC) of 2007-09 was one of the worst financial crises in modern history. During this man-made crisis that started in the US, untold misery was inflicted on investors, homeowners, retirees and everyone else globally. However from an investment point of view, the crisis was one of the great time to pick up …
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