The Periodic Table of Commodity Returns with 2019 data has recently been published by U.S. Global Investors. Palladium was the top performing commodity last year with a return of over 54% followed by crude oil. Click to enlarge Source: U.S. Global Investors
The World’s Top 20 Arms Producing and Military Service Companies are shown in the infographics below. As usual, US firms dominate the list taking 9 out of the 20 spots and 4 out of the top 5. The world’s largest weapons maker is Lockheed Martin(LMT). Though most people know Boeing (BA) as the maker of …
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The following chart shows the sector returns for the S&P 500 from 2007 to 2019. This is the last chart in the series published by Novel Investor. Earlier I posted return charts for International Developed Markets and Emerging Markets. Note: Click S&P 500 Sector Performance by Year From 2007 To 2021 for the latest chart. Click …
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I posted the returns chart for emerging markets in an earlier article. The following chart shows the equity returns of single country MSCI indices for developed markets from 2005 thru 2019: Click to enlarge Credit: Novel Investor Among the developed markets, New Zealand was the best performer with a return of about 39% in 2019 followed …
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The S&P had one of the spectacular returns in 2019. The index shot by nearly 31% on price only basis. With dividends reinvested, the total return was 33%. This return was the best return in the 30 to 40% range since 1928. The following chart shows the annual total return of the S&P since 1928: …
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