Archive of entries posted by David Hunkar

Overview of Canadian Government Spending 2024-25: Infographic

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The Canadian government spends a substantial portion of the annual budget on social protection, education and healthcare. Defense accounts for small percentage of the overall spending. According to the latest date published by Statistics Canada, defense spending increased by over 13% in 2024-25 on a per capital basis. Provincial and local governments spent twice the …

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A Look at the Returns of Railroad Stocks Year-to-Date

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The S&P 500 is up by 16.45% YTD on price basis. Many sectors have performed extremely well this year. Let’s take a look at the returns of the Class I railroad stocks in this post. The best performing railroad so this year is Norfolk Southern(NSC) which has soared by about 25% based on just price …

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When Dividend Grows Stock Price Follows: An Example

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One of the simplest ways to build wealth in equity investing is to invest in dividend stocks especially dividend payers that grow the dividend rate each year consistently. Dividends provide a stable income stream and the power of compounding with reinvestment usually leads to astonishing returns over many years. I have written many times about …

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The Top 10 Companies in the World by Market Cap

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Nvidia (NVDA) recently became the world’s valuable company by market capitalization beating tech giant Microsoft(MSFT). Of the top 10 companies in the world by market cap, 8 are American as the table below shows. The only two companies from outside of the US in this list are Taiwanese semiconductor giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing(TSM) and Saudi …

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Bitcoin is Now the Seventh Largest Asset in the World

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Bitcoin has had an incredible in the past few years. Last month the crypto asset crossed $111,000 and was briefly the fifth largest asset in the world. Currently Bitcoin is trading at $104,171. This put Bitcoin as the seventh largest asset globally as shown in the table below. Gold is the number asset at over …

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