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A Look at the Returns of Railroad Stocks Year-to-Date

David Hunkar — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 01:54:56 +0000

The S&P 500 is up by 16.45% YTD on price basis. Many sectors have performed extremely well this year. Let’s take a look at the returns of the Class I railroad stocks in this post. The best performing railroad so this year is Norfolk Southern(NSC) which has soared by about 25% based on just price ...

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When Dividend Grows Stock Price Follows: An Example

David Hunkar — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 13:42:05 +0000

One of the simplest ways to build wealth in equity investing is to invest in dividend stocks especially dividend payers that grow the dividend rate each year consistently. Dividends provide a stable income stream and the power of compounding with reinvestment usually leads to astonishing returns over many years. I have written many times about ...

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The Top 10 Companies in the World by Market Cap

David Hunkar — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 00:09:44 +0000

Nvidia (NVDA) recently became the world’s valuable company by market capitalization beating tech giant Microsoft(MSFT). Of the top 10 companies in the world by market cap, 8 are American as the table below shows. The only two companies from outside of the US in this list are Taiwanese semiconductor giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing(TSM) and Saudi ...

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Bitcoin is Now the Seventh Largest Asset in the World

David Hunkar — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 13:10:41 +0000

Bitcoin has had an incredible in the past few years. Last month the crypto asset crossed $111,000 and was briefly the fifth largest asset in the world. Currently Bitcoin is trading at $104,171. This put Bitcoin as the seventh largest asset globally as shown in the table below. Gold is the number asset at over ...

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US Average Effective Tariff Rate is Now Highest Since 1909: Chart

David Hunkar — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 00:27:25 +0000

The US average effective tariff rate has reached the highest level since 1909 with the raft new tariffs announced by President Trump according to Yale Budget Lab. According to their estimates, the rate has reached 22.5%. Frank Holmes at U.S. Global Investors notes 1909 is the year President Howard Taft proposed the idea of an ...

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Bull vs. Bear Markets for Global Stocks from 1980 to 2024: Chart

David Hunkar — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 07:21:00 +0000

Markets go thru many phases of bull and bear markets over decades. Though bear markets are difficult to handle, bull markets tend to be longer. For example, from 1980 to 2024 global stocks as represented by the MSCI World Index had bull markets whose duration were four times that of bear markets. In addition, the ...

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Mining is Essential: Infographic

David Hunkar — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 07:21:00 +0000

The province of Ontario in Canada is rich in many natural resources. Mining companies there extract a variety of minerals such as Silver, gold, Nickel, Copper, etc. I recently came across an infographic that shows how mining helps us in our everyday lives. For example, copper is used in hospital equipment and devices to reduce ...

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The Trading Power of China: Chart

David Hunkar — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 07:21:00 +0000

China is the second largest economy in the world with a nominal GDP of about $18.5 Trillion in 2024. The Chinese economy has had tremendous growth every year until a few years ago. One of the industries that contributed to the growth is the manufacturing sector. Products made in China are found in most of ...

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Asset Class Returns From 2010 To 2024: Chart

David Hunkar — Sun, 02 Mar 2025 07:21:00 +0000

In earlier posts we looked at the return charts for emerging markets, developed markets and the S&P 500 for 2024. In this post, let’s review the annual returns chart for asset classes from 2010 to 2024. Last year, large caps were the top performers while the worst performer was high yield bonds with a return ...

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The German Economy Has Been Flat in the Past 5 Years

David Hunkar — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 14:19:23 +0000

Germany used to be called the Powerhouse of Europe until a few years ago. That is no longer the case. The country’s economy is in doldrums and no government seems to know how to fix it. In fact, Germany may be on the way to becoming the sick man of Europe like it used to ...

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