More European Companies Delist from the NYSE

The exodus of European firms from delisting their stocks on the New York Stock Exchange continue to climb. On Friday German auto maker Daimler AG(DAI) became the latest company to announce plans to delist from the NYSE. This follows the announcement of Deutsche Telekom AG (DT) two weeks ago to delist from the exchange. After …

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Top 10 Holdings of the Carmignac Commodities Fund

The Carmignac Commodities Fund is one of the large funds run by the successful European asset management firm Carmignac Gestion. This fund is interesting because of the heavy exposure to natural resource companies in North America, Europe and Australia and the diversification of assets among various commodities such as energy, forestry products, metals, agricultural products, …

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U.S. Federal Redistribution of Income Continues to Climb

The U.S. has posted budget deficits year after year except for a brief period in the 1960s and between 1998 and 2001. One of the reasons for this shortfall is that the Federal government’s revenue is not keeping up with the rising expenditures. Among the expenditures, I believe the most important one to concentrate on …

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