Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone 15 is made up hundreds of components. Apple does not make all those components. Instead suppliers around the world supply those parts and Apple sells the final product to the public. In the past I have written about the costs involved for the various components that go into an iPhone. Recently I …
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The Euro STOXX Index Return Triangle shows the performance of an investment in the benchmark index of Europe over a specific period. The triangle chart below shows the annual average of the index in color coded format from 1986 to 2021. Click to enlarge Click to enlarge Source: German Stock Institute
The Top 20 Host Economies of FDI Inflows in 2022 is shown in the chart below. The US was again the world’s top country for Foreign Direct Investment with an inflow if $285 billion. This was 26% less than the figure in 2021. The next top destinations for FDI were China, Singapore, Hong Kong and …
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Last month we looked at the beer taxes in Europe and how they vary widely. In this post, let’s take review the taxes on cigarettes in the EU. Ireland levies the highest cigarettes tax followed by France and Finland. The lowest taxes are in Bulgaria, Poland and Croatia. Click to enlarge Source: Cigarette Taxes in …
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The Federal Funds Rate has increased sharply since the spring of 2022. After slashing interest rates to almost zero during the Covid pandemic the Federal Reserve embarked on a relentless process to raise interest rates to current target levels of 5.25% to 5.50%. Accordingly rates on Money Market Funds have rise to over 5%. No …
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