I came across the following cool infographic on European space industry. As with so many other industries Europe ranks second only to the US in the space industry also. Similar to NASA, the European Union(EU) runs its space program via The European Space Agency (ESA). Click to enlarge Source: Council of the EU and the European …
The Fed has planned to raise interest rates this year. The forecast is rates will increase at least three times in the year. In anticipation of rising rates and a multitude of other factors including valuation concerns in certain sectors, US equity markets have turned very volatile this year. With interest rates bound to go …
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US stocks have performed well during some periods in the past while their overseas peers have outperformed in other periods. For more than 10 years thru September of 2021, US equities have had an excellent run. However this outperformance may not last forever and foreign stocks may take their lead soon. According to an article …
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The US equity market has had a rough start to say the least this year. The S&P 500 is down 7.7% YTD on price return basis and the Dow Jones is off by 5.7%. Tech heavy NASDAQ is performing even worse with the NASDAQ Composite and the Nasdaq-100 falling 12% and 11.5% respectively. Below are the …
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The US is the world’s largest producer nuclear power accounting for 30% of the worldwide nuclear generation of electricity according to World Nuclear Association. However nuclear power is still the major source of electricity. France is the top country for depending of nuclear energy for its electricity needs. France generates most of its electricity from nuclear …
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