The following is a short history of the US freight railroads. Unlike the passenger railroad, the freight railroads are the most efficient and in fact most profitable in the world. Click to enlarge Source: FreightWaves Related: The Complete List of Railroad Stocks Trading on the NYSE The Complete List of Railroad Stocks Trading on NASDAQ
The chart below shows the total returns for major asset classes for the past 30 years from 1993 to June 2022 from an Australian market perspective. The chart again proves the importance of diversification. Only in rare occurrences, have the winning asset in one year is also the winner the following year. Click to enlarge …
I came across the below interesting infographic on EV sales by country in the past decade. China has hundreds of companies making hundreds of EV models. EV sales has also soared there in recent years. US and Europe are yet to catch up with China. Despite incentives and high gas prices, the US is behind …
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The US equity market has dramatically recovered from the depths of the bear market reached in June this year. As of yesterday, the S&P 500 is down just over 10%. Despite the amazing run in recent weeks, not many investors are convinced that the bear is dead for a variety of reasons. Irrational exuberance by …
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A while ago I book marked a fascinating article on stock market history with interesting stats and charts at Albright Capital. One of the charts that caught my eye is the histogram chart showing the Annual Total Returns of the Dow Jones Index from 1936 to 2021. Since 1983 the US market has been up …
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