Bear markets are not always preceded by recessions and vice versa. The relationship between these two are tenuous at best. I came across an interesting piece by Liz Ann Sonders at Schwab on this topic. From the article: Stock market relative to recessions What should we expect from the stock market during a recession? Should …
Amazon.com, Inc(AMZN), Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA) and Mercadolibre Inc(MELI) are the top three online retailers in the world. Amazon dominates the US market though its increasingly under threat from competitors. From a seller of books the retailer has grown to be an advertising powerhouse and a leader in cloud services through its AWS division. …
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Argentina is the top performer so far this year with the Merval Index up by 21%. Mexico has increased by a modest 5% despite hopes of great gains after AMLO came to power. Among the developed European markets, Germany is up by 8.5% while UK’s FTSE 100 has gained only 6.7% as the market is …
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The US is the world’s top spender on space programs with NASA’s budget exceeding $19 billion. The next space agency with the largest budget is China’s CNSA followed by the European Union’s ESA. Click to enlarge Source: RFE/RL’s Infographics
Some of the countries in the world have changed their names in the past few decades. For example, Burma changed its name to Myanmar and Czechia became Czech Republic. The chart below shows the countries that have been renamed: Click to enlarge Source: RFE/RL’s Infographics