The weapons industry is one of the major industries in the world. In some countries the industry accounts for a significant portion of the economy in terms of revenue, jobs and so forth. In the U.S. for example, defense companies are a source of employment for hundreds and thousands of workers. Similarly in developed Europe, …
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Electric Vehicle (EV) sales are booming in many parts of the world. China is the leading the world and Europe is also playing catch. Countries such as Norway are already ahead of many other countries in Europe in EV adoption. Ironically Norway is one of the major oil producers with state-owned Equinor(EQNR) as one of …
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The World’s Leading Tire Manufacturers based are revenue are shown in the chart below. There have been not much changes at the top of this list. As in previous years, French tire maker Michelin(MGDDY) ranked the top followed by Bridgestone (BRDCY) of Japan and Goodyear(GT) of the US and Germany’s Continental (CTTAY). I recently learned …
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The S&P 500 is up by a 13.51% year-to-date. Though it has come down a bit from the peak in summer it is still a decent return. However a substantial portion of the returns have come from the top 7 stocks in the next dubbed as the ‘Magnificent Seven’. These are Apple(AAPL), Amazon(AMZN), Microsoft(MSFT), Alphabet …
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The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) based in Geneva, Switzerland publishes the World Investment Report each year. This report offers a comprehensive review of flow of funds between countries called Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), industries attracting major investments, developed vs emerging and transition economies, etc. One section of the report that I …