Stock market participation varies across countries. In some countries such as the US the participation rate is high while in others such as frontier countries the rate is very low. Among developed countries, Germany has one of the lowest stock market participation rates. According to a recent article, just over 9 million of Germans owned …
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The FTSE 100 is up just over 12% year-to-date. The index has outperformed the other major indices of developed Europe such as the CAC-40, DAX and IBEX. This is because the FTSE 100 is heavily concentrated with mining and oil and gas firms and the companies in the index are more dependent on foreign markets …
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The economy of Canada is highly linked to the US economy. In fact, when the US economy is in expansion mode Canada does better and vice versa Click to enlarge In terms of size, Canada’s population is about the size of California and its GDP is about the size of the GDP of Texas. …
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European bank stocks have turned positive for the year. Since the Global Financial Crisis(GFC) of 2008-09, the Greek sovereign debt crisis and the many other crises the continent’s banks were left for dead by many investors. Unlike US banks which have recovered strongly since the crisis, European banks have been slow to implement changes necessary. However …
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