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The ‘Declaration of Independence‘ (and separation from Great Britain) was ratified by the Continental Congress of Philadelphia on July 4th, 1776 – today marks Americas 240th birthday. That’s why this post is dedicated to the largest US corporations: For more than 60 years, since 1955 to be exact, Fortune’ Magazine has produced an annual list of the 500 US corporations …

Every new company has to begin somewhere. Why not in a garage?  Here are 5 of the biggest companies in the world, all of which were started in their founders’ garages, followed by an infographic titled ‘Billion Dollar Companies That Started In A Garage’ made by essay-writing-place.com Disney Walt and Roy Disney created their first films in their uncle’s garage in 1923. …

The upcoming long Easter/1May weekend may give for many of us a much needed break from the daily rush of consumption or ever rising internet/smartphone-activities. Let’s start with consumption. It’s the most important contributor to the GDP in most countries. In the US for instance, consumption makes up 69% of the 17 trillion US-GDP. The other components are investment (17%), government …

Stock market information – Selection & Valuation When I bought my first stock in the early 1990’s, there was no email, internet, mobile banking or 24-hour-stock-market-channel available. To obtain information about a stock, I intended to buy, I had to call around for hours or patiently search the archive of the newspaper in my town. Whereas today, I can get any …

Currently, my ‘inbox’ is working overtime while I’m sleeping. Dozens of reports titled ‘outlook for stocks 2016’ or ‘market perspectives 2016’ make their way into my box overnight. The right strategy for 2016 is probably in mind of many investors, so this ‘outlooks’ and ‘perspectives’ are just in time. Before we start to take a look into the markets for …