The German economy is the largest in Europe and the DAX Index is one of the top performing indices in the world over the long term. However despite the excellent returns of German stocks over many years, Germans are highly conservative and their participation in the equity market is very low relative to other developed …
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Ireland’s economy: A solid recovery (OECD Observer) A Better Mousetrap: Smart Beta Offers Superior “Risk-On/Risk-Off” Relative-Strength Signals (Indexology) A Better Approach to Measuring Aggregate Geographic Risk (Factset) The Sheen Has Come off the Apple (Credit Suisse) Oil’s Plunge Won’t Drag Down the U.S. Economy (Bloomberg) The Best Stock Over the Last 30 Years? You’ve Never Heard of …
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The U.S. economy is the largest in the world with a GDP of about $18.0 Trillion. The GDP of most countries of the world are small compared to the US. Since the U.S. economy is huge, the economic output of each of the individual states in the country is also huge. The size is especially …
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European markets ended in the positive territory yesterday. But U.S. markets fell after the Fed rate decision with the S&P losing 1.09%. Equity markets this year have been extremely volatile. One day it is China and the next day it is crude oil and the following day it is growth worries. Then repeat this sequence …
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Electricity generation from nuclear power accounts for just 19% of the total power generation. This is low compared to some countries such as France which generate most of the power from nuclear power plants. Most the nuclear power reactors in the US are more than 30 years old. Click to enlarge Source: What Is the Future …
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