Which Chinese Companies are Global Industry Leaders?

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

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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Contribution of Price Appreciation and Dividends to the S&P 500 Total Return by Decade

Investing in dividend stocks is a wise strategy for many reasons including the fact that dividends alone account for one-third of the S&P 500’s Total Return from 1960 to 2019. So though the dividend yield is small for most US stocks relative to other developed markets they are still important from a long-term wealth building …

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Baillie Gifford Cuts its Tesla Stake by Half

Baillie Gifford, the Scottish investment manager has sold half of its take in electric car market Tesla(TSLA), according to an article at CityWire, UK. BG was the largest institutional investor in Tesla with holdings of about 40 million shares or about 8% of the company at one time last year. It is not surprising that …

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