The two major crude oil benchmarks are WTI and Brent. WTI stands for West Texas Intermediate used for US oil and Brent is the global benchmark and denotes the oil extracted from North Sea. The WTI closed at $66.94 today on the NYMEX for July 2018 delivery and Brent ended at $75.81 on the ICE …
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The Top 10 Gold Producing Countries based on 2017 data is shown in the chart below. Surprisingly China was the top producer last year beating Australia and South Africa. Many investors myself included may not know that China mines gold let alone being the largest gold producer in the world. Click to enlarge Source: Top 10 …
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The 2018 Global Challengers list of companies from 2018 BCG Global Challengers: Digital Leapfrogs report. Click to enlarge Source: Meet the 2018 Global Challengers, Boston Consulting Group Some of the notable firms in the above list are Mercadolibre Inc(MELI) of Argentina,Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB (FMX) aka FEMSA of Mexico, Vina Concha y Toro SA (VCO) of Chile, PetroChina (PTR) of China, …
All The World’s Top 10 Biggest Diamonds have interesting names. One is even called simply The De Beers, the undisputed global leader in diamonds. Click to enlarge Source: MoneyWeb
The returns of the S&P 500 Index often published by the media and others is the price return. However for investors the correct return that matters for the index is the returns including dividends reinvested. This is because S&P 500 firms pay dividends and most long-term investors reinvest them. Currently the dividend yield on the …
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