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World Investment Report 2023: The Top 100 Non-Financial MNEs from Developing and Transition Economies Ranked by Foreign Assets

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The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) based in Geneva, Switzerland publishes the World Investment Report each year. This report offers a comprehensive review of flow of funds between countries called Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), industries attracting major investments, developed vs emerging and transition economies, etc. One section of the report that I …

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Growth of MSCI All Country World Index Thru Market Crises from 1987 to 2023: Chart

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Equity markets have sustained multiple crises over the years and continue to go higher. Though equity markets tend to plunge dramatically when negative events occur they eventually tend to recover slowly. I have written in the past on how US markets have recovered after crises. Some of them can be found here and here and …

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The World’s Top 100 Non-Financial MNEs Ranked by Foreign Assets in 2022

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The World Investment Report 2023 was published by the UN’s UNCTAD agency a while ago. This report contains a wealth of information for anyone interested in the flow of funds between countries. One topic that I have wrote about from this report is the top non-financial companies. It is fascinating to analyze the these top …

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Key Suppliers of Apple’s iPhone 15: Infographic

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Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone 15 is made up hundreds of components. Apple does not make all those components. Instead suppliers around the world supply those parts and Apple sells the final product to the public. In the past I have written about the costs involved for the various components that go into an iPhone. Recently I …

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On the Correlation between Recessions and U.S. Equity Market Performance

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Equity markets tend to perform well when the economy is in expansion mode. Similarly when the economy is in recessions markets decline. While in the long-term stocks have gone up that is not the case in the short term as measured by a few months or years. For instance, US equity markets plunged substantially over …

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