Biotech companies tend to spring up around clusters. In the US, some of the biotech clusters are around Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, etc. Similarly in Europe the Berlin region is one of the major biotech clusters. Factors such as research institutions, universities, venture capital, strong government support, etc. tend to encourage the growth of clusters. …
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The World’s Top 10 Dividend Payers in the third quarter of 2018 as per the Janus Henderson’s Global Dividend Index report are shown in the table below: Click to enlarge Source: Janus Henderson via Money Observer The three US firms in the list are Keurig Dr Pepper(KDP), Apple(AAPL) and Exxon Mobil(XOM). Keurig Dr Pepper appears in the …
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Success with equity investing is not easy. Seemingly solid blue chips can crash any time for any number of reason. Similarly volatility in the markets can appear any time like we are seeing in the global markets in the past few weeks. Trying to time the market is also a fool’s game. So the best …
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The World’s Top 100 Non-Financial MNEs based on Foreign Assets in 2017 are listed in the table below: Source: World Investment Report 2018. UNCTAD A few observations: Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell(RDS-A) topped the ranking followed by Toyota(TM), Total(TOT)and BP(BP). Emerging market firms are mostly non-existent in this list with the exception of Tencent, HNA …
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Crude oil prices seem to have stabilized with Brent closing at $66.76 on Friday for Jan, 2019 delivery. The dramatic over 25% plunge in oil prices since the peak reached in early October caught many off-guard. While further declines are possible some investors may be wondering if now is the time to add some positions …