The average holding period for stocks continues to decline globally. In the US it is getting especially worse with the introduction of commission-free trades by brokerages last year and millennials’ propensity to trade often with apps like Robinhood and others. According to a report by Ted Maloney and Robert Almeida, Jr at MFS, the average holding period …
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The Top 10 countries with the highest tobacco usage is shown in the graphic below. In Europe, the heaviest smokers are Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria and Greece. Over 45% of the people in Burma(Myanmar) smoke making it the top country in Tobacco use in the world. Burma is followed by Chile and Lebanon. Indonesia, with a …
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Equities tend to go higher in the long run. In the really long run measured in decades stocks definitely yield a positive return. US stocks have had a positive years 71% versus negative years in 29% of the time from 1825 through 2019. The annual returns shown in the below pyramid are total returns which …
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The top potato eating country on per capita basis in the world is Belarus. Popular wisdom may hold that it is Ireland but it is not true. The next top potato eating countries are Ukraine and Latvia followed by Russia. The US is not in the top ten countries for potato consumption. Click to enlarge …
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The US equity market plunged dramatically in 1929 triggering the Depression. From the peak of 1929 to the bottom reached in 1932, millions were unemployed and untold misery was brought upon the general population.After FDR was inaugurated as the 32nd President of the United States the economy slowly started to recover. The chart below shows …
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