The Historical Average Annual Returns of Australian Stock Market From 1900 To 2019

The popular “120 Years of Historical Returns for Australian Sharemarket” has been updated MarketIndex site with data for year 2019. The overall average annual total return just slightly increased to 13.2% per year since 1900. Update (5/30/21): The Total Return for the All Ordinaries Accumulation Index in 2020 was 3.64%. The Price Only Return was …

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The World’s Busiest Airports by Passenger Traffic in 2018: Chart

I came across the following chart on the world’s busiest airports in 2018. Three US airports are in this list with Atlanta taking the top spot.The other two airports are Los Angeles and Chicago’s O’Hare. Click to enlarge Source: Explore the World’s 10 Busiest Airports, U.S. Global Investors Though Atlanta consistently ranks as the world’s busiest …

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S&P 500 Sector Total Returns 2007 To 2019: Chart

The following chart shows the sector returns for the S&P 500 from 2007 to 2019. This is the last chart in the series published by Novel Investor. Earlier I posted return charts for International Developed Markets and Emerging Markets. Note: Click S&P 500 Sector Performance by Year From 2007 To 2021 for the latest chart. Click …

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International Developed Stock Market Returns 2005 to 2019: Chart

I posted the returns chart for emerging markets in an earlier article. The following chart shows the equity returns of single country MSCI indices for developed markets from 2005 thru 2019: Click to enlarge Credit: Novel Investor Among the developed markets, New Zealand was the best performer with a return of about 39% in 2019 followed …

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The Top 10 Electric Car Manufacturers in the World

Electric cars are increasingly becoming popular among consumers especially among the environmentally conscious. Though Europe leads in adoption of electric autos consumers in the US are also slowly changing their vehicle preferences. China is the world’s top market for electric autos and other green vehicles including buses. US-based auto industry disruptor Tesla(TSLA) is leading the …

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