The Dividend Withholding Tax Rates by Country for 2020 has recently been published by S&P Global. This simple one-page is useful to any investor holding foreign stocks and receiving dividend income. This table shows withholding tax rates for stocks held in regular brokerage accounts only. It does not show the rates for assets held in qualified …
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The World’s Top 20 Arms Producing and Military Service Companies are shown in the infographics below. As usual, US firms dominate the list taking 9 out of the 20 spots and 4 out of the top 5. The world’s largest weapons maker is Lockheed Martin(LMT). Though most people know Boeing (BA) as the maker of …
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The popular “120 Years of Historical Returns for Australian Sharemarket” has been updated MarketIndex site with data for year 2019. The overall average annual total return just slightly increased to 13.2% per year since 1900. Update (5/30/21): The Total Return for the All Ordinaries Accumulation Index in 2020 was 3.64%. The Price Only Return was …
I came across the following chart on the world’s busiest airports in 2018. Three US airports are in this list with Atlanta taking the top spot.The other two airports are Los Angeles and Chicago’s O’Hare. Click to enlarge Source: Explore the World’s 10 Busiest Airports, U.S. Global Investors Though Atlanta consistently ranks as the world’s busiest …
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The following chart shows the sector returns for the S&P 500 from 2007 to 2019. This is the last chart in the series published by Novel Investor. Earlier I posted return charts for International Developed Markets and Emerging Markets. Note: Click S&P 500 Sector Performance by Year From 2007 To 2021 for the latest chart. Click …
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