The utility sector is usually considered as a stable sector that offers slow or no growth and strong dividends. For this reason it is one of the sectors preferred by income investors. The industry is regulated and its very rare for a company to fail. One such case was the crash of the Hawaiian Electric …
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There are about 50,000 companies trading on the organized exchanges of the world according to an article by Ashley Owen of OwenAnalytics. China has the highest number of companies at over 5,000 followed by Canada and the US. On a per capita basis, Canada tops the ranking at 113 per million followed by Australia at …
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Earlier this Houthi rebels in Yemen attacked ships on the Red Sea. This caused many shipping firms to re-re-route their ships around the Cape of Good Hope instead of via the Suez Canal. According to LSEG Shipping Research, the alternative route takes an extra up to two weeks and adds an additional fuel costs of …
The U.S. is one of the large crude oil producing countries in the world. According to the EIA, the top five countries in 2022 were the US, Saudi Arabia, Russia,Canada and Iraq. In the US, crude oil produced in 32 states and offshore. However just five states accounted for about 72% of the total production …
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The concentration in the US equity market has been running relatively high for the past few years. I have written many times on this topic as can be found here and here and here. Most of the time, I have discussed the concentration using the S&P 500 as the benchmark. However I came across an …
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