Not to be flippant about a new stock-market plunge that’s doubtless causing heartburn in many offices and households, but is this really such a huge surprise? And just as important, is it really such a bad thing?.U.S. consumer weakness painful but needed In the aftermath of Iceland’s financial collapse, many citizens are planning to leave …
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The latest poverty data available from the Census Bureau is for the year 2007. The official poverty rate in the US was 12.5 % in 2007. Put another way, 37.3 million people were in poverty up from 36.5 million the previous year. Click to Enlarge Source: U.S. Census Bureau The 37.3 millions does not include …
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The Dow Jones Canada Select Dividend Index represents 30 of the top dividend stocks in Canada. These stocks are selected to the index annually based on yield. The index is up 29.04% year-to-date as of July 31,2009 with dividends reinvested. Last year the index was down about 31%.The 10-year annualized return is 10.62%. One of …
Sensex and Shanghai index show high positive correlation. The movements of Sensex and the Shanghai Composite Index show a high positive correlation at 0.9 in 2008 and 2009. This linear relationship appears to have strengthened in the decline since January 2008.Chinese curse on Indian shares Shares in five Nigerian banks, which were bailed out by …
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As of July 31,2009 the S&P; 500 Index and the Dow Jones Composite Index are up 10.97% and 2.47% respectively . But many of the ADR indices are gone up much higher. The Year-To-Date (YTD) performance of some of ADR indices are as follows: BNY Mellon ADR Index: 21.44% BNY Mellon Asia ADR Index: 27.54% …
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