In the U.S., the social security check received each month is the most reliable and top source of income for senior citizens in retirement. Despite all the attacks on the social security system, majority of the retired Americans depend on Uncle Sam for their survival. Other sources of income for retired persons include pension from …
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The German economy is the fifth largest in the world in terms of purchasing power parity(PPP). With a GDP of about $3.2 Trillion in 2013 based on PPP, it is also the largest economy in Europe.While the economy of the U.S. is consumption-based, Germany’s economy is export-based. Germany is a world leader in industries such as …
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Global commodity prices have been on a steady decline mode for the past few years. More recently, Crude Oil has plunged heavily just in the past few months. Today WTI crude for January delivery rose slightly and closed at $67.97 on the NYMEX. The following charts the decline and fall of some commodity prices: Click to enlarge …
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The U.S. equity market has performed well so this year with only one more month left to go. As of November end, the S&P 500 is up by 11.9% based on price returns and the Dow is up by 7.6%. Among the emerging markets, India is the top performer year-to-date as the benchmark BSE Sensex has …
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The U.S. market has performed well this year with the S&P 500 up 11.8% as of yesterday. On the other hand, many of the other developed markets including Australia.are lower than the U.S. market.Australia’s SP/ASX 200 benchmark index is basically flat at -0.30% year-to-date. The following chart shows the long-term performance of ASX 200 against S&P 500: Click …
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