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  (All) 23 banks passed the Fed’s stress test As per the news screenshot above, all 23 banks have survived the recent stress test by The Federal Reserve. Here are news extracts from this  article  dated 29 Jun 2023: All 23 US banks that participated in a new Federal Reserve stress test would be able to withstand a severe global recession, demonstrating the strength of the biggest financial institutions at a time when the banking industry still is on uncertain ground. Results released by the Fed Wednesday show that these banks would have enough capital on hand to absorb losses and continue lending even if unemployment were to hit 10% and the stock market were to plunge 45%. Their projected losses would amount to $541 billion under that hypothetical scenario. This year the Fed examined how 23 banks would fare under a severe global recession that included severe stress in commercial real estate. In such a scenario unemployment spikes to 10%, home prices and commercial real e...

Food Shortage Warning For Preppers - Harvest Data Indicates Trouble Ahead by youtube channel "ClearValue Tax" (The text below is mostly transcriptions taken from the YouTube video) In September of 2021 the price of fertilizer for corn was averaging 175 dollars per acre in September of 2022 it increased to 247 dollars per acre which is a 41% increase. for soybeans, it went from 85 an acre to 110. that's a 25 increase or up 29% Oil price  Despite the recent drop, retail diesel price has still increased by 43% from a year ago On top of increasing input costs this year's growing season, it's been plagued by bad weather here and internationally from America to France to China. The consequences are showing up in the Harvest data and shrinking inventories. Corn inventory (the world's corn stocks) they're down to 12-year lows and it's expected to get worse by the end of the 2022-2023 crop year.  Corn inventories will be down to 80 days' worth of consumpti...

This list some of the top dividend stocks from various countries namely, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Singapore, Australia, UK & USA .  I have also listed the top dividend stocks of the world. Considerations before investing Some of the companies listed have mind boggling dividend payout.  Please kindly do your due diligence on the respective companies before investing .  Do also research on the withholding tax, dividend related tax and local tarrifs that will apply.  For a Singaporean, my recent dividend receipt per $AAPL share is USD$0.15 (instead of USD$0.22) as a 30% withholding tax was applied.  I will also need to declare the dividend for my personal income tax submission too.  Do check with your brokerage for more details.  In the end, the returns should beat the current inflation (with tax provisions made). It would be typical for us to zoom into the stocks offering the biggest dividend payout but let us do our due diligence and research into ...