World War I was supposed to the “War to End all Wars“. However many years later World War II followed. The death toll in WW II was enormous with millions of lives lost on the allies side and the enemies side. After WW II new smaller wars led to more deaths. I came across a …
Continue reading ‘Chart: World War II Casualties as a Percentage of Each Country’s Population’ »
A few years ago I wrote a article on the Gold and Silver supercycles.In that post I noted how these two commodities go thru boom and bust cycles in varying periods all the ways from late 1800s. Recently I came across an chart on the commodity supercycle. As most commodities have declined sharply in the …
The S&P 500 is up by 1.80% year-to-date. Oil prices have recovered strongly from the recent plunge. In fact, Brent crude closed at $43.10 yesterday after falling below $30 per barrel in January. When it went below $30, experts were predicting $20 or even $10 per barrel. Now that it is over $40 not surprisingly …
Continue reading ‘What is the Long-Term Relationship Between Oil and Stocks?’ »
Executive compensation is out of control globally. Since most of the stock in major corporations are owned by institutions the majority of them support exorbitant pay structures for the management for fear of antagonizing them and potentially lose their business. As a result, many corporations have become the tiny little piggy bank for executives to …
Continue reading ‘Why Invest in Companies with Lower Intracorporate Pay Gaps’ »
The mutual funds industry is a big business globally. In the developed countries it is especially large due to the amount of investment capital available. Billions of dollars are run by fund managers on behalf of their investors. Since billions of dollars of fees are at stake, fund companies offer a variety of funds based …