A View of the Global Economy – February 2018: Infographic
A neat infographic showing the current of the global economy: Click to enlarge Source: Schroders
Archive of entries posted on February 2018
On The Importance of China in Emerging Markets
China has the second largest economy in the world with a GDP of over $11.4 Trillion. The country is also one of the largest trading partners in the world. The US is China’s largest trading partner and China exports more goods to the US than it imports. Below are some fascinating facts about China from …
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On The Correlation Between The Russian Equity Market And Oil Prices
The Russian equity market is highly correlated to the price of crude oil. Since Russia is one of the largest oil producers and exporters in the world, Russian stocks perform well when oil prices are high. Conversely declining oil prices leads to lower equity prices. The chart below shows the close relationship between Russian stock …
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Corrections Are Normal in Equity Markets: Australian Example
Pullbacks are normal in equity markets. Over the long-term stocks tend to always climb a wall of worry and yield positive returns. So short-term corrections should not surprise long-term investors. Generally stocks go up when considered over many years. To put it another way, though corrections occur every now and then, stocks yield positive returns …
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Largest Declines and Annual Returns of Global Stocks
Pullbacks are common in equity markets. In any given years stocks tend to go up and down for any number of random reasons. Just because stocks have had declines in a year does not mean they will have a negative return for that year. Even when stocks have had big declines they have soared back …
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