Tobacco stocks are some of the consistent long-term winners in terms of both income and total returns. In a recent speech, two of the star rated fund managers in the UK noted their preference for stocks in this industry. Star fund managers Terry Smith and Neil Woodward noted a few reasons that support their views. …
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The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities noted that the U.S. is a low-tax country in an article on US taxes published yesterday. According to their chart, among the OCED countries, only South Korea has a lower total government receipts as a percentage of GDP than the U.S. Click to enlarge Source: Top 10 Federal Tax Charts …
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 …
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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 …
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