Some of the countries in the world have changed their names in the past few decades. For example, Burma changed its name to Myanmar and Czechia became Czech Republic. The chart below shows the countries that have been renamed: Click to enlarge Source: RFE/RL’s Infographics
Each country in Europe has its own Christmas traditions and food items. The following chart shows some of the unique sweet treats for Christmas: Click to enlarge Source: TasteAtlas.com
The population of the US in 1960 was 186 million. The population gradually increased each year and reached 327 million in 2018. By 2060, it is projected to exceed 403 million. From an article I wrote back in 2016: In 1950, the population of Russia was about just over 100 million. Since then it has …
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Japan is the most indebted country in the world. Japan’s debt as a percentage of GDP is more than double that of the US. However Japan’s costs to service its national debt is much lower than that of the US as shown in the chart below. The following chart shows the Net Government Interest Costs as …
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U.S. equities have returned positive returns in more years than negative returns based on historical data. Of the last 194 years, US stocks have yielded positive returns in 138 years (71% of the time) and negative returns in 56 years (29% of the time). Click to enlarge *Note that different sources of information (and index …
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