At the beginning of this year the S&P 500 index stood at 1257. Over the last 10 months the index has experienced extreme volatility and closed today at 1,251. Similarly the index started at 1,320 in the year 2001 which is higher than where it ended today. Hence some investors may have the following question in …
I came across an interesting article titled “Century of China” is at hand by Berlin Irishev in The Asset magazine of Hong Kong. From the article: If two vertices of the triangle are represented by the USD and the euro, the third one is Asian, represented by the Chinese yuan/renminbi and the Japanese yen. The …
The healthcare system in the US is a mess when compared with most developed countries. Some may question whether the healthcare system is even a “system” since the system is made of a hodgepodge of actors such as thousands of healthcare companies, regulators, medical providers, billing firms, pharmaceutical firms and many others. As a result …
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In the second quarter of 2010, the Chinese economy surpassed that of Japan making it the second biggest economy in the world. In the past few years a general belief has developed that China is on its way to become an economic superpower. However the popular notion that China is getting better than the U.S. …
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Crude oil prices have been volatile over the past few years. On Friday, the price rose $1.21 to reach $98.99 in New York. As fears of recession in the EU and the U.S. have decreased, the prices have jumped from $77.0 a barrel in early October to about $100 now. Some investors hold the stocks …
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