Emerging market stocks are riskier than developed world stocks for the obvious reason that those markets are still developing – meaning institutions, rule of laws, regulations, policies, intellectual protection, etc. are still a work in progress. Hence investors investing on stocks from these countries are betting that despite these disadvantages companies would grow their profits …
The GDP Growth forecasts for the top 12 global oil producing countries are shown in the chart below: Click to enlarge Source: 2019 Economic Outlook for the Top Oil Producing Countries, Focus Economics
The US is the biggest economy in the world now and is projected to be maintain that leadership in 2019 as well. However China’s economy is growing faster and the country is catching up fast with the US. Click to enlarge Source: The World’s Top 10 Largest Economies, Focus Economics In addition to China, the emerging …
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US Stocks have outperformed international stocks over 10 years now. And now it may be time for foreign stocks to play catch and beat their American peers in terms of returns. No country continues to be the top performer for ever year after after year. So US investors may want to consider adding foreign stocks …
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Tourism is one of the major industries in many countries. Europe leads the world in tourist arrival numbers. A few facts about global tourism are: International arrivals grew by 7% in 2017 to 1.3 billion people. International Tourism receipts exceed $1.3 Trillion. Europe received the most arrivals at about 671 million followed by Asia-Pacific and …
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