Russia is a resource-rich nation and the hence the vast majority of Russian exports are fuels, metals and minerals. The country is one of the largest exporters of crude oil and natural gas with Europe being the primary market. The following graphic shows the top export and import markets for Russia: Click to enlarge …
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The four giant U.S. banks – Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C), JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Wells Fargo (WFC) – hold billions of dollars in assets. However bigger is not always better in the banking industry. Though the big banks have the full support of the U.S. government to bail them out if they run …
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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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