Archive of entries posted by David Hunkar

U.S. Corporate, Government and Personal Savings from 1940 to 2010

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U.S. companies save more than governments and individuals. This is especially true in the past few years as companies started hoarding cash instead of reinvesting them or distributing them to investors. According to one estimate, U.S. corporation held more than $1.7 Trillion in cash and equivalents at the end of March this year. The chart below shows the gross national savings between …

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Stock Trading Volume in NYSE and NASDAQ From 2001 To 2010

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Trading volumes in both the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ (NAS) have increased since the start of the 21st century.Some of the the reasons for the rise in trading volumes include high volatility in the markets, investor anxiety, high-frequency trading (HFT), short-term trading by hedge funds, etc.While dramatic fall in share prices in the past few years  have …

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Why Invest in U.S. Coal Companies?

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Coal remains the major source of power generation in the U.S. Just over 42% of total power generated comes from coal-powered plants.With the rise of renewal energy and the use of natural gas for power production, the demand for coal is projected to decline slightly next year.However coal will continue to be the main fuel for electricity generation for many years …

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U.S. Defense Spending Relative to GDP, Population

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The current population of U.S. is about 314 million or about 5% of the world’s total population. The 15.0$ Trillion U.S. economy is the largest in the world and accounts for nearly one-fourth of the world’s total GDP. Though the U.S. is separated from the rest of the world by oceans on two sides, an …

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Kazakhstan is Very Rich in Mineral Resources

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Here is an interesting chart showing all the mineral resources present in the country of Kazakhstan: Click to enlarge   Source: The attractiveness of the Kazakhstan Market, BNP Pribas In a post last year I noted: Unlike other natural resources-based economies, Kazakhstan is unique in that 99 of the 110 elements in the Periodic Table …

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