The Social Security is one of the main public pension system for retired Americans. Despite the presence of contribution-based retirement plans such as 401Ks, individual retirements plans, widespread popularity of equity investments including mutual funds, the good old social security payment from Uncle Sam supports a big portion of the living expenses of retired people. …
Investing in many European equities involve a tax called Financial Transaction Tax (FTT). This tax was implemented in some countries in Europe after the Financial crisis of 2008-09. In the basic sense, FTT is a levy or duty charged just for the privilege of transacting in certain financial securities including stocks. The following chart shows which …
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Equities beat gold in the short and long-terms. As an asset class gold is important to hold in a well-diversified portfolio. However gold returns lag stocks when returns are measured in many years such as 100, 30 and 10 years. This is because stocks are still the preferred asset for growing wealth. In this post, …
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Chinese companies are increasingly competing and growing at a global level. As China’s economy grew relatively better than other countries last year, companies from China dominated the Fortune Global 500 list for 2020 overtaking the US. To put this feat in perspective, in the 1990 list there were no Chinese companies in the list. Sinopec, …
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The Top 10 Cement Manufacturing Companies in the World based on 2019 volume are shown in the graphic below: Click to enlarge Source: IMARC The companies above are listed below with their tickers, if available: China National Building Material Co., Ltd. (CNBM) LafargeHolcim Ltd. (HCMLY) Anhui Conch Cement Co., Ltd. Heidelberg Cement AG (HDELY) CEMEX …
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