Source: PaxForex Premium Analytics Portal, Fundamental Insight Facebook's dominance in the segment of the social network is staggering. As of the end of March, the company had 2.85 billion monthly active users (MAUs) visiting its namesake site, and another 600 million unique MAUs visiting WhatsApp and Instagram, which are also owned by Facebook. Thus, 3.45 billion people, or 44% of the world's population, visit one of the products owned by Facebook at least once a month. With that many users, Facebook has a huge price impact on...

Source: PaxForex Premium Analytics Portal, Fundamental Insight The Japanese National CPI for May increased 0.3% monthly and decreased 0.1% annualized. Forex traders can compare this to the Japanese National CPI for April, which decreased 0.4% monthly and 0.4% annualized. The Japanese National Core CPI for May increased by 0.1% annualized. Economists predicted an increase of 0.1%. Forex traders can compare this to the Japanese National Core CPI for April, which decreased 0.1% annualized. The Bank of Japan decided to keep interest rates at -0...

Source: PaxForex Premium Analytics Portal, Fundamental Insight Retail giant Walmart has held the top spot in revenue among publicly traded companies for about 20 years (it displaced ExxonMobil from that throne in 2001). Thanks to its discount sales business model and steady growth in the number of stores across the U.S. and around the world (about 10,500 worldwide), the company generated about $560 billion in annual revenue in the fiscal year 2021. E-commerce giant Amazon has broken through the ranks of publicly traded companies and took...

Source: PaxForex Premium Analytics Portal, Fundamental Insight The Singapore Trade Balance for May was reported at $5.754B. Forex traders can compare this to the Singapore Balance for April, reported at $5.412B. Non-Oil Exports for May decreased 0.1% monthly and increased 8.8% annualized. Economists predicted an increase of 4.7% and 16.0%. Forex traders can compare this to Non-Oil Exports for April, which decreased 8.8% monthly and increased 6.0% annualized. US Initial Jobless Claims for the week of June 12th are predicted at 359K, and US...

Source: PaxForex Premium Analytics Portal, Fundamental Insight Verizon is frequently viewed to be a classic defensive asset. It owns the largest wireless network in the US, pays a high dividend yield of 4.4%, and its stock trades at a ratio of 11 to forward earnings. The company has also raised its dividend every year for 14 consecutive years. Nevertheless, VZ has also always underperformed the market. After accounting for reinvested dividends, the company's total yield over the past 10 years has been about 150%. It exceeds AT&T...