The Coronavirus pandemic that started last year has led to the deaths of over 2.6 million worldwide so far according to data by The New York Times. In the US, 528, 692 people have died so far with total cases exceeding 29.2 million. The sad thing is though the virus originated in China, more people …
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The Top Seven Skincare Companies in the World are shown in the graphic below. France-based L’Oréal S.A. is the world’s top skincare firm with total revenues of about $35.0 billion in 2019. The US companies in the ranking are Procter & Gamble Co (PG), Estée Lauder (EL) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ). Click to enlarge Source: Market Research …
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Italy used to be called “The Sick Man of Europe”. More recently a few years ago during the European Sovereign Debt Crisis Italy was part of the PIIGS countries which represented Portugal, Ireland, Italy , Greece and Spain. Over the long term also, Real Italian GDP Growth has been the slowest among the developed world …
Some of the large companies in the world have partial or major state ownership. Unlike fully publicly-owned firms, these State-Owned Enterprises(SOEs) are subject to high involvement and control of politicians or government bureaucrats. As a result, investors in these SOEs have to keep track of political or policy changes and their impacts on these enterprises. …
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The S&P 500 index closed at 3,841.94 yesterday and is up 2.29% year-to-date on price return basis. The 5-year and 10-year annualized returns are 13.95% and 11.27% respectively. This growth rate is indeed excellent when compared to foreign equity markets. The US market as represented by the S&P 500 has performed very well not just in the …
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