The chart below shows the Top 10 African Banks by Profit: Click to enlarge Source: The Banker The list is dominated by South African banks which take the top four spots. Standard Bank Group (SGBLY) has presence in 19 countries in Africa and is one of the largest banks in South Africa. Currently the ADR pays …
Sugar comes from two types of crops: cane sugar and beet sugar. Some countries such as the U.S. and China growth both types of sugars. Many countries that produce sugar offer subsidies to their sugar farmers and protect their sugar industry from foreign competition. Some of the laws include the US Farm Act, the European Union Sugar …
One of the reasons for investing in stocks including dividend-paying stocks is earn a return that keeps up with or even beats inflation. Historically stocks have performed well when inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) ranged from -3% to 3% according to a white paper published by DWS Investments of Deutsche Bank …
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U.S. stocks had a great run in 2013 with the S&P 500 index returning 30%. Most of the S&P sectoral indices including the financials performed very well. After such strong gains, the general consensus among professional money managers now is that equity returns will be good but not great this year. Any investors would agree that …
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High-Fructose Corn Syrup(HFCS) is used as a substitute for sugar. Since sugar prices are usually high compared to HFCS, HFCS is used by makers of food products in order to reduce cost. For example, Coca Cola (KO) in the U.S. does not contain sugar but only HFCS. As a result Coke tastes different compared to …
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