Germany is considered as the economic powerhouse of Europe for good reason. The country is centrally located in Europe and half of the EU population lives easily reachable from German borders as shown in the below map: Click to enlarge Source: Economic Overview Germany, Germany Trade and Invest
We looked at the chart of annual installations of industrial robots last week. The following chart shows the robot density in the manufacturing industry in 2019 by country. Asian countries top the ranking with Singapore, South Korea and Japan taking the top three spots. Among the developed European countries, Germany leads the list with 346 …
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Oil prices have fallen from over $68 per barrel earlier in January to around $43 now as measured by Brent Crude. In April when Coronavirus lockdowns were imposed in most countries price plunged to around $20 a barrel. Though prices have recovered as economies have slowly opened up, it is still a far cry from …
Wuhan, China was the original epicenter of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19. It was first traced there in December, 2019. On January 23, 2020 China imposed a strict lockdown on Wuhan. The lockdown ended on April 8, 2020. From the start of the pandemic till today the whole of China has 94,183 cases and 4,634 deaths …
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The average company lifespan in the S&P 5oo index is less than 20 years and falling compared to an average of 30 years in the 1960s. While there are many reasons such as buyouts, mergers, going private, etc. for this situation, one of the main reason is technological changes. As technology changes quickly today’s Amazon(AMZN) …
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