The Top 10 Crude Oil Importers and Exporters in 2020

The Top 10 Crude Oil importing and exporting countries in 2020 are shown in the table below. As expected, China is the world’s largest importer and Saudi Arabia is the top exporter. Russia is the second largest exporter followed by Iraq and the US. Of all the countries in this list, the US is the …

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The 10 Best Emerging Regional Banks in the US 2022

The BankDirector magazine published its 2022 ranking of the best banks in the US under many categories. One of the categories we will look into this in this post is “The Best Emerging Regional Banks”. The banks in the category have assets in the range of $15 – $50 Billion. Since there are thousands of …

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S&P/TSX Composite Index Calendar Year Returns From 1924 To 2020: Chart

Stocks tend to go up in the long term. Though in the short-term stocks can be volatile or earn negative returns, when considered over many years or even decades stocks usually generate a positive return. This is true in the case of Canadian market also. The following chart shows the calendar year returns of the …

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Trading of Russian Companies on US Stock Exchanges Halted

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ have halted trading of Russian companies trading on their exchanges effective yesterday Feb 28th, 2022. The halt will be in effect until further notice. It is not clear when the halt will be lifted. Until then investors will not be able to buy or sell them. Below …

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