10 years ago, on May 18, 2012, Facebook went public in what is still the largest tech IPO in history. After pricing its shares at the upper end of the scale due to strong demand, Facebook raised $16 billion in an initial public offering that valued the…
While not directly intervening in the war in Ukraine so far, countries around the world have been contributing to the defence of Ukraine via financial, humanitarian and military aid. In absolute terms, the largest supporter as of May 10 – by a very lar…
Even with travel restrictions, curfews and closures of tourist attractions all over the world due to coronavirus pandemic, the Museé de Louvre still saw 2.7 million people visiting its exhibitions in 2020. As our chart shows, the runner-ups for the tit…
According to official data by Mexico’s Comisión Nacional de Búsqueda overseen by the Interior Ministry, the number of currently disappeared people in the country surpassed 100,000 in the latest update. Combined with figures from a report by the Jesuits…
This morning I went to the Office for Foreigners here in Nice and had my fourth vaccination, courtesy of the gouvernament. I would like to thank the French people for their generosity. Of course I will be contributing to the tax system also, as of this…
In the upcoming midterms, two topics are vying for the attention of U.S. voters: the all-powerful state of the economy and the likely loss of national abortion protections.American voters have habitually named the economy as their biggest concern ahead…
Global defense spending surpassed the two trillion U.S. dollar mark for the first time in 2021, hitting $2,113 billion, according to the latest report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The figure marks a 0.7 percent incre…
If I was a bull (I’m not) and if I wanted to scare the bejesus out of the bears (I don’t), I would show them this chart: It is, of course, my concoction known as the MICE (Most Important Chart Ever), and as you can plainly see, it has c…
This bear market rallies are a misery, aren’t they? I’m staying on the sidelines still. I will note, however, we’re getting at least within the same ZIP code as some major resistance areas:
Only 22.7% of U.S. students are required to take a personal finance course. Which states have the highest levels of personal finance education?