One of the popular myths in the field of equity investing is that large companies are too big to fail. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Over and over again this has proven to be correct. For instance, during the dot com boom peak in 2000, tech giants Cisco(CSCO) and Intel (INTC) were in …
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Global equity markets have stabilized in the past few after having a few rough weeks since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Unlike last year, markets this year started on shaky note facing a multitude of headwinds from inflation to interest rate raises. Then came the shock of a new year in Europe. It remains to …
Global energy markets are in turmoil since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Crude oil prices especially shot up dramatically only a few days ago but have declined some in the past few days. We can expect the current volatility to continue until the war is over. While the US imports very little from Russia, …
The Top 10 Crude Oil importing and exporting countries in 2020 are shown in the table below. As expected, China is the world’s largest importer and Saudi Arabia is the top exporter. Russia is the second largest exporter followed by Iraq and the US. Of all the countries in this list, the US is the …
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I came across this excellent 2021 documentary from DW on the foreign policy of Russia under Putin. For any one interested in the causes of the current Ukraine war this video offers some in-depth reporting and perspective from a wide variety of people and experts. Source: DW via YouTube