Automobile sales in China has been increasing steadily for many years now as more middle-class consumers purchase autos. The chart below shows automobile sales from 2007 to 2017 and the share of world sales: Click to enlarge Source:Emerging Markets April 2018 Recap and Outlook: Look Beyond the Headlines, Franklin Templeton Investments
Sale of Electric Vehicles(EVs) is growing globally on an annual basis. The latest data show that global sales of EVs exceeded 2 million in 2016. Though this figure is tiny when compared to the annual vehicle fleet of over 1.2 billion it is still significant since it is growing rapidly. The top country for EV penetration …
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Emerging markets beat developed markets in long-term equity returns as shown in the following chart: Click to enlarge Source: 10 Things to Know About Emerging Market Stocks, Oppenheimer Funds
Jeffrey Kleintop at Schwab has posted a fascinating article on the dangers and returns of international and US investing using the example of a shark attack. The following is an excerpt from the article: US and International The chart below shows us what stock market shark attacks look like using the relative performance of US …
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The Dividend Yields of the world’s largest economies is shown in the chart below: Click to enlarge Source:Dividends And Buybacks: The Last Hurrah?, Global Finance Among the developed markets, Australia offers the highest dividend yield at 4.18% followed by Norway and the UK. The dividend yields of the developed markets are shown in the following …
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