by Bryan Taylor | Nov 7, 2019 | Blog, Insights
The Global Financial Database has more equity history for India than for any other country. The British East India Co. was founded on December 31, 1600, preceding the founding of the Dutch East India Co. by one year. Originally, shares were issued for specific...
by Bryan Taylor | Nov 7, 2019 | Blog, Economics, Insights
Mexico has been struggling to develop its economy since Spain invaded Mexico in 1521 and it gained its independence in 1821. When Mexico was a colony, Spain relied upon exports of silver to profit from its control over the economy. The economy stagnated after Mexico...
by Bryan Taylor | Oct 28, 2019 | Blog, Insights
Financial markets have evolved over time. The relationship between stocks and bonds differed in each of the eras that Global Financial Data has created to differentiate the behavior of financial markets in the past: the Dutch East India Co. (1601-1692), the Glorious...
by Bryan Taylor | Oct 21, 2019 | Blog, Insights
The stock market declined 3% on August 14, 2019 because of the prospect that the yield curve was close to inverting between the 2-year note and the 10-year bond. Historically, when the yield on the 10-year bond has dipped below the yield on the 2-year bond, the...
by Bryan Taylor | Oct 21, 2019 | Blog, Insights
Bear markets are clearly defined: a decline of 20% or more in an equity market constitutes a bear market. By this definition, the United States had 18 bear markets in the 1900s. But what is a bull market? Global Financial Data (GFD) has supplemented the definition...