You can never underestimate the importance of demographics in shaping long term investment trends, so I thought I’d pass on these two highly instructive maps. The first shows a map of the world drawn in terms of the population of children, while the second illustrates the globe in terms of its 100-year-olds. Notice that China
I recently found the chart below showing world tax rates as a percentage of GDP for the past 40 years. Sweden suffers the world's heaviest tax burden at 51%, compared to only 27% in the US. The US has among the world's lowest tax burdens in terms of actual taxes paid, which has been falling
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“At last the lake burst upon us—a noble sheet of blue water walled in by a rim of snow clad mountain peaks….as it lay there with the shadows of the mountains brilliantly photographed on its surface I thought it surely be the fairest picture the whole earth affords,” said the American writer, Mark Twain, on
Will gold be your best-performing asset for the next five years? Is it high-growth technology stocks? Energy stocks? Or maybe biotech shares? How about French collectible postage stamps or vintage racing cars? Nope, you’re not even close. I’ll give you a hint: you’re probably sitting in it. Yes, the best-performing investment you will own for
“Low volatility and boring. That’s the mode that investors should get used to,” said Bill Gross, Managing Director at bond giant, PIMCO.
I am constantly on the lookout for ten baggers, stocks that have the potential to rise tenfold over the long term. Look at the great long-term track records compiled by the most outstanding money managers, and they always have a handful of these that account for the bulk of their outperformance, or alpha, as it
If you think that an energy shortage is bad, it will pale in comparison to the next water crisis. So investment in fresh water infrastructure is going to be a great recurring long-term investment theme. One theory about the endless wars in the Middle East since 1918 is that they have really been over water
All of the high-grade paper used by the US Treasury to print money is bought by one firm, Crane & Co., which has been in the same family for seven generations. Last year, the Feds printed 38 million banknotes worth $639 million. Although we have seen the Fed’s severe monetary tightening cause the money supply
"Go to Heaven for the climate. Go to Hell for the company," said American humorist, Mark Twain.