Public Sector Employment as a percentage of Total Employment in OECD Countries: Chart

Public Sector Employment as a percentage of Total Employment varies widely among OCED countries according to a working paper published by the OECD. The Scandinavian countries of Norway, Sweden and Denmark have the highest general government employment at close to 30% based on 2021 data. Japan and South Korea have the lowest government employment at …

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Comparing the Returns of Bitcoin and S&P 500 Index: Chart

Crypto currency Bitcoin has soared this year especially since the results of the US election were announced. Bitcoin prices recently reached an all-time of $108, 268 and today traded at over $94,000. In terms of returns, bitcoin has crushed the S&P 500 and other assets. In this post, let us take a look at a …

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S&P 500 vs. NASDAQ vs. Dow Jones Returns: Chart

Equity markets are performing very well so far this year. After a dramatic selloff in July and early August, markets have recovered and continue to reach record highs. Some of the individual stocks have soared much more than than the S&P 500’s 21.0% YTD. With that said, I wanted to see how the three major …

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Number of Listed Companies in the World and Companies Per Capita: Chart

There are about 50,000 companies trading on the organized exchanges of the world according to an article by Ashley Owen of OwenAnalytics. China has the highest number of companies at over 5,000 followed by Canada and the US. On a per capita basis, Canada tops the ranking at 113 per million followed by Australia at …

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