Have you ever wondered what are winter (or) ice roads? Ice roads became popular a few years ago with the broadcast of the television series called Ice Road Truckers. The following infographic shows some of the fascinating facts about ice roads: Click to enlarge Source: Wilson Center, Canada Institute
I have written a few articles earlier on pandemics and equity markets which can be found here and here and here. The following chart shows the major health epidemics and the performance of the MSCI World Index since 1970. The index has powered through global health epidemics such as Dengue, Zika Virus, SARS, Swine Flu, …
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Tourism is a major industry in many countries. The below chart from OECD shows tourism as a percentage of GDP for select countries. Tourism accounts for 12.5% and 11.8% of the GDP for Portugal and Spain respectively. Other economies with high high dependence on this industry include France, Mexico and Greece. Tourism is 2.8% of …
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The following is a short infographic on the health care system in Brazil. Health care is universal although private insurance can be purchased as well. Click to enlarge Source: Wilson Center, Brazil Institute
Australia is called as The Lucky Country due to all the advantages it has including the abundance of natural resources. In an article today Dr.Shane Oliver at AMP Capital writes on the reasons why Australian stocks are likely to outperform in 2021. One of the reasons he notes is on the success of Australia in controlling the …
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