The U.S. economy’s current expansion is one of the longest in the history. The ongoing expansion phase started all the way back in 2009 and is projected to run middle of 2019. The chart below shows US expansions since 1854: Source: Global Market Perspective, Economic and Asset Allocation Views, Q2 2018, Schroders
China used to be known as the “factory floor” of the world a few years ago as the country’s manufacturing industry was attractive to companies from the developed world due to cheap labor costs. However that is no longer the case. Wages in China have been steadily increasing making some manufacturers look for alternative cheaper …
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The number of public listed companies has declined for many years now in the US. I have written many articles before on this topic. More recently last weekend I posted a blog quoting Vanguard. While the number of public firms has decreased in the US, some markets abroad have seen strong growth in the number …
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The market capitalization of the FAANG stocks (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Alphabet (parent of Google)) is bigger than the economy of some countries. I came across the following detail on the size of these tech giants: Bigger than Japan FANGs is an acronym for Facebook, Amazon, Apple, streaming service Netflix and Google (now owned …
The following world map shows the literal translation of country names: Click to enlarge Source: Unknown