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: …
The U.S. equity market as represented by the S&P 500 has performed very well this year with a return of 17.2% so far based on price return only. When dividends are included the returns will be a bit slightly higher. The returns on the index over the 5 and 10 year period is also very …