Four major airlines account for 81% of the domestic capacity in the US. These airlines are Delta(DAL), American(AAL), United (UAL) and Southwest(LUV). The rest of the market is shared by a few discount carriers. The market share of the US airline industry is shown in the chart below: Click to enlarge Source: How Will Airports …
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Europeans are the world’s most prolific travelers. From seeking sun to sand and everything in between Europeans travel all the world. Britons especially travel abroad for many including cheaper prices, better weather and other factors. The following table shows the Top 10 countries visited by Britons based on 2017 data: Click to enlarge Source:Which travel …
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The S&P 500 is up by 19.59% year-to-date based on price only. However based on total return which includes dividend reinvestment the return is 21.36% so far this year. In the past few years the dividend yield on the index is around 2%. Though the yield is small, the difference between the price return and …
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UNCTAD recently released its annual The World Investment Report for 2019. The report contains many fascinating facts about global investments such as fund flows, foreign direct investment in countries, top global companies, etc. The World’s Top 100 Multi-National Enterprises based on Foreign Assets in 2018 list is interesting to investors especially to those that are looking to …
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In an earlier post I discussed how the enemy of investors are themselves. Following that same topic, the following infographic shows 9 investor behaviors that are detrimental to their decision making skills and ultimately leads to poor investment returns. Click to enlarge Source: Unknown “Narrow Framing” is one of the bad behaviors that some investors …
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