Latin American equity markets offer some of the best emerging market equity opportunities after Emerging Asian markets. Economies in the region are mainly driven by natural resources or agricultural commodities. With a thriving middle class and relatively closer proximity to North America, investors can find plenty of unique companies. For instance, one of the sectors …
The S&P 500 is up around 5% year-to-date. But the benchmark index for the US banking sector, KBW Bank Index has shot up nearly 24% already this year. Bank stocks are hot again after many months of average performance. With the latest stimulus and the upcoming recovery in economy banks are in a sweet spot. With …
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 …