Commodities are high risk investments that most retail investors should avoid. However in recent years Wall Street has pushed commodities heavily on investors as a “safe” investment with the introduction of ETFs and other tools. Investing in commodities is not a good idea for retail investors as commodities tend to be highly volatile, most of …
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U.S. Corporations posted record profits in 2011 according to the latest Fortune 500 list published by Fortune magazine earlier this month. Despite the high unemployment rate in the country, the biggest 500 companies raked in a record-breaking $824.0 billion in combined profits last year. This amount is up 16% from 2010. Exxon Mobil, the highest …
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Stock trading on the US exchanges reached a peak in 2008 from steadily increasing yearly since the bursting of the dot com bubble. According to an article in Bloomberg BusinessWeek trading volumes has declined considerably on the NYSE and NASDAQ. From the report: Both exchange companies are contending with similar forces: an overall slowdown in …
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The manufacturing sector was decimated with the past few decades due to globalization. Millions of workers lost their jobs as companies moved their factories overseas where labor cheap and regulations lax, especially in emerging countries. However in the past few years labor costs in countries such as China, India and others have soared reducing the …
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The U.S. unemployment rate stood at 8.2% in April. Some 12.5 million Americans are unemployed according to official figures and about 29.5% of the unemployed people were jobless for a year or more. For the majority of these unemployed benefits from the state are highly limited when compared to other countries especially the developed countries …
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