The Pharm Exec magazine recently published its 20th annual ranking of the Global Top 50 Pharma companies for 2020. These companies were ranked based on sales in 2019. Switzerland-based Roche(RHHBY) was the world’s number one drug company. The second place also went to another Swiss firm, Novartis(NVS). The next three spots were taken by American firms – …
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Countries with high number of doctors and nurses may have a better capacity to handle Covid-19 according to the OECD. The following chart shows the number of doctors and nurses for select countries: Click to enlarge Source: OECD via Twitter
The S&P 500 is no longer represents the true state of the US economy. The current bull market in tech stocks has further pushed the concentration levels in the index. A few weeks ago an article in The Financial Post noted that the concentration level in the S&P 500 exceeds the level reached in the …
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The 2020 US Presidential election is scheduled for Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Americans will get to elect primarily between the candidates of two parties – the Democrats and Republicans. As with the past election nobody knows who will win. With that note, I recently came across this interesting re-election Campaign Poster promoting Ronald Reagan for President and George H.W. …
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The stock market crash of 1929 triggered the The Great Depression in the U.S. Below is a short video on the crash and its consequences. Source: Documentary Channel on You Tube