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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Gold prices closed at $1,312.30 an ounce yesterday. The yellow metal has been an average to poor performer over many years now. In fact, after the Global Financial Crisis of 2008-09 gold soared to sky-high levels with predictions of reaching over $5,000 an ounce, However that never came true. According to a recent post by Nicholas …
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The Countries With The Highest Cancer Rates are shown in the chart below. Australia and New Zealand have the highest skin cancer rates in the world. Enlarge Source: RFE/RL