Norwegian oil giant has changed its name from Statoil to Equinor. Statoil used to trade under the ticket STO on the NYSE. Since May 16, 2018 the ticker was updated to EQNR. The company instituted this change in order to get rid of oil from its old name to meet current trends towards renewable energy …
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The Top 10 Emerging Market Economies by Nominal GDP is shown in the graph below. China is the world’s largest emerging market followed by India. Click to enlarge Source: India Is NOT the Next China, Oppenheimer Funds
U.S. stocks have historically yielded strong returns in the years following bear markets. Since 1926, the average duration of bull market has been 82 months while that of the bear market has been just 23 months according to an article at T.Rowe Price. To put another way, bull markets last four times as long as …
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Market timing is extremely hard and is not a wise strategy for most investors. Equity markets decline and rise for all types of reasons and with no warning. In addition, the falls can be dramatic and shocking within a short period of time but equally dramatic are the violent gains that follow plunges. So the …
The bull market in U.S. equities since the Global Financial Crisis(GFC) seemingly remains strong despite many crises affecting the US and global economy in recent years. The most recent Turkey crisis has become another “dead on arrival” case. The question now on most investors’ mind is what is holding up US stocks so well and …
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