I posted the Emerging Markets Performance for First Half 2020 chart last week. The following chart shows the Foreign Developed Stock Market Returns for the First Half of this year. The best performing market in the first six months is Denmark followed by New Zealand and The Netherlands. The worst performing markets were Austria, Belgium and …
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The UK has the highest road safety in Europe followed by Ireland and Denmark. The country with the worst safety record is Romania followed by Bulgaria and Croatia. These rankings are based on the number of fatalities per million of the population in 2018. Italy has double the number of road fatalities relative to the …
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The top five U.S. tech giants collectively known as FAAMG have had astonishing grown in the past few years. The onset of the Coronovirus pandemic has led to further growth and concentration power for these tech leaders as most people working from home and cooped up at home depend increasingly more on technology to continue …
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The single country index returns chart for emerging markets was recently updated by Novel Investor for the first half of this year. The best performing marker was China with a return of 3.6% and the worst market was Colombia with a loss around 45%. Chinese equities have held especially well this year as China was …
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Amazon(AMZN) is the world’s largest e-commerce company with a market capitalization of over $1.40 Trillion. The stock price has jumped from under $500 in 2017 to a recent 52-week of $2,955. While Amazon dominates the US market it is not a major player in many other countries. In this quick post, lets take a look …
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