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19 Sep 2023

The Cash Flow Statement Explained Simply

Source: Brian Feroldi

18 Sep 2023

The attractiveness of cash in a multi-asset portfolio (%)

Source: SG, TME

18 Sep 2023

America's finance in one chart

Source: Michel A.Arouet

18 Sep 2023

5 types of powerful moats:

🏰 INTANGIBLE ASSETS: Example: Brand, Patents, Copyrights 🏰 SWITCHING COSTS: It would be expensive in terms of cost, time, or training, to switch to an alternative provider. 🏰 NETWORK EFFECT: A network becomes more powerful as more users join. 🏰 COST ADVANTAGE: A company can produce a product or service at a lower internal cost than competitors. 🏰 EFFICIENT SCALE: A company's buying power or market position allows it to dominate its category. by Brian Feroldi / Morningstar

18 Sep 2023

CASH IS KING...

Where investors have put their #cash this year (hint: NOT stocks) via Goldman

15 Sep 2023

The History of the stock market is the history of forgetting!

Source: Investment Books (Dhaval)

15 Sep 2023

US government spending increased 9% over the last year while tax receipts declined 8%. What a luxury...

Source: Charlie Bilello

11 Sep 2023

Out of 28,114 publicly-listed U.S. companies analyzed over the last century, the 25 best stocks have created nearly a third of all shareholder wealth

Put another way, as Visual Capitalist detail below, just 0.1% of stocks have added over $17.6 trillion to investors’ wallets. This graphic, using data from Henrik Bessembinder of Arizona State University, show the best stocks of the last century.

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