Pandemics are rare events. However when a pandemic hits the world, the impact on the global economy last a long time according to a research study by Keith Wade at Schroders. He notes that adverse effects can last up to 40 years. However in the current scenario, the impacts may not last that long but still the …
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The Top Weapons Supplier to China in 2018 and last year was Russia. Ukraine is also a major exporter to China. Among the Western countries the top suppliers are France, Germany, Switzerland and Germany according SIPRI. Click to enlarge Source: RFE/RL
Millions of Americans have lost their jobs as Covid-19 decimated the US economy almost overnight. The tiny invisible virus did more damage to the economy than even 9/11. The number of unemployed Americans is about 43 million. As the adverse effects of the Pandemic continues to impact every corner of the world’s largest and dynamic economy, …
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Equities tend to go higher in the long run. In the really long run measured in decades stocks definitely yield a positive return. US stocks have had a positive years 71% versus negative years in 29% of the time from 1825 through 2019. The annual returns shown in the below pyramid are total returns which …
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