The S&P 500 is up by 19% YTD on price basis. Including dividends it has increased by 21.05%. The following stocks reached a new 52-week high yesterday: Home Depot Inc. 238.17 Nike Inc. Cl B 95.89 Royal Bank of Canada 81.61 TJX Cos. 60.54 PNC Financial Services Group Inc. 144.32 With that said, below are …
The Australian equity market has one of the highest dividend yields in the world. With franking credits the current yield is around 6%. Since the 1900, the average annual return for Australian stocks is 11.8%.Dividends contributed over half of this return as shown in the chart below: Click to enlarge Source: Five great charts on investing …
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The S&P Global Platts Top 250 for this year was published last month. These firms are ranked based on asset worth, revenues, profits and return on invested capital. This ranking considers only publicly traded energy firms. The following table shows the Top 50 of S&P Global Platts Top 250 Energy Firms for 2019: Click to enlarge …
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US tax curve is in backwardation. pic.twitter.com/Cv3By8qZOd — Jan Nieuwenhuijs (@JanGold_) October 7, 2019 U.S. tax rate has been declining for many years now. The above is a cool chart showing the dramatic fall over the years.
The following chart shows the major trading partners of Germany based on 2018 data. The top export market for Germany is the U.S. followed by France and China. In terms of imports, the major country for imports into Germany is China. The US ranks 4th as the major import source country. Click to enlarge Source: …