The World’s Top 100 Multi-National Enterprises based on Foreign Assets 2018

UNCTAD recently released its annual The World Investment Report for 2019. The report contains many fascinating facts about global investments such as fund flows, foreign direct investment in countries, top global companies, etc. The World’s Top 100 Multi-National Enterprises based on Foreign Assets in 2018 list is interesting to investors especially to those that are looking to …

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9 Behaviors That Adversely Affect Investors: Infographic

In an earlier post I discussed how the enemy of investors are themselves. Following that same topic, the following infographic shows 9 investor behaviors that are detrimental to their decision making skills and ultimately leads to poor investment returns. Click to enlarge Source: Unknown “Narrow Framing” is one of the bad behaviors that some investors …

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Crude Oil Prices Soar After “Game Changer” Attack on Saudi Oil Facilities

The global oil industry got a wakeup call with the huge attack on two Saudi oil facilities on Saturday. Oil prices are soaring Sunday night as a result of this attack. Experts in the media are using words such as “game changer”, “crippling”, “big deal”, “big one” etc. to describe the attack. The use of …

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The Callan Periodic Table of Global Equity Investment Returns 1999–2018

Callan is celebrating the 20th  anniversary of the publication of the widely popular Annual Periodic Table of Global Equity Investment Returns. The firm has published another great set of periodic tables as part of the celebration thru its Callan Institute. The following is the Periodic Table of Global Equity Investment Returns from 1999 thru 2018. …

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Average Investors Underperform Most Asset Classes

The enemy of the average individual investor is no one but himself. The average investor underperforms over almost every other asset class in terms of returns over the long run. This is because investors get distracted by a variety of things that are detrimental to their returns. Some of the things that retail investors do …

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