COVID-19 seems to be more contagious than the recent Ebola virus that affected Africa but less infectious the SARS epidemic. Polio, Smallpox, etc. are also more infectious than the current Covid-19 virus. The following chart compares how infectious COVID-19 is relative to other diseases: Click to enlarge Source: RFE/RL
Coronavirus is the latest pandemic to ravage the world. Other pandemics and epidemics that have affected the world include the Spanish Flu, Hong Kong Flu, Asian Flu, etc. For example, the Spanish Flu of 1918 killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide. The below infographic shows the deadliest pandemics and epidemics since 1918: Click to …
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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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