The BankDirector magazine published its 2022 ranking of the best banks in the US under many categories. One of the categories we will look into this in this post is “The Best Emerging Regional Banks”. The banks in the category have assets in the range of $15 – $50 Billion. Since there are thousands of …
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Stocks tend to go up in the long term. Though in the short-term stocks can be volatile or earn negative returns, when considered over many years or even decades stocks usually generate a positive return. This is true in the case of Canadian market also. The following chart shows the calendar year returns of the …
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The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ have halted trading of Russian companies trading on their exchanges effective yesterday Feb 28th, 2022. The halt will be in effect until further notice. It is not clear when the halt will be lifted. Until then investors will not be able to buy or sell them. Below …
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine will go down in history as one of the major crisis events of the 21st century. For more than two years the world has been dealing with disastrous impacts of Covid-19. Though the pandemic has not ended in any way, Russia decided its the best time to start a war …
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine is now on Day 5. Though it is too early to conclude anything, it appears the war is not going as planned for Russia. An article at The Guardian discusses a few of the early mistakes by Russia particularly the limited use of air force. With that said, the military …
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