Germany’s DAX index rose over 3% yesterday after having fallen heavily in the past few weeks due to the debt crisis triggered by Greece and other weak European countries. While financials were focus of investors, non-financial firms were also thrashed in the recent sell-off. As a result, some of these non-financial stocks are now worth …
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Kazakhstan became an independent country in 1991 after the breakup of the Soviet Union. It is the ninth largest country in the world and is bigger in size than Western Europe. Unlike other natural resources-based economies, Kazakhstan is unique in that 99 of the 110 elements in the Periodic Table of the Elements are present …
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The current U.S. total public debt outstanding exceeds $14.8 Trillions. This huge debt has been accumulated over many years under the of administrations of both Republican and Democratic presidents. Just like a business it takes money to run a government. One of the main sources of revenue for governments is taxes. So Tax Revenues as a …
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Many large U.S. banks were bailed out with tax payers’ funds during the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Since then these banks have gotten even bigger by acquisitions and decline in competition as struggling smaller banks are left to fail by Uncle Sam. These small group of elite institutions aka known as “Systemically Important Financial Institutions” …
The emerging markets of Brazil and India are vastly different in many ways. Brazil is not only blessed with many natural resources that the world wants but is also increasingly becoming as an exporter of manufactured goods. But Brazil has a small population compared to India. India on the other hand has limited natural resources …
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