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Close to 60 million kids to attend US K-12 grades. Over 20 million will attend US colleges and universities.
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The current world population is estimated to be 7 billion.
China has the highest population in the world with close to 1.3 billion people.
The second highest is India with close to 1.2 billon people.
China and India make up for over 36% of the world population or approximately 36 out of every 100 people on earth are from China and India.
The US population is close to 315 million. So for every American there are almost 8 Chinese and Indians.
US has approx. 153 million people capable of working (work force).
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There are approximately 315 million people in the US; approximately 60 million are children between the ages 0 and 15 years. Or every 2 out of 10 people living in the US are children between the ages of 0 and 15 years.
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The world GDP is close to $75 Trillion.
The US GDP is over $14 Trillion. The US is the largest economy in the world and contributes over 20% to the world economy.
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US exports close to $1 trillion a year. US imports close to $1.6 trillion a year. That would create a trade imbalace of $0.6 trillion a year!
Top four export partners are Canada, Mexico, Japan, China.
Top four import partners are Canada, China, Mexico, and Japan.
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| European Union GDP is close to $15 Trillon. China is $10 Trillion. Japan is over $4 Trillion. India is $4 Trillion. Germany is little less than $3 Trillion. Russia, United Kingdom, Brazil, and France are each about $2 Trillion. |
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The DOW moves up almost 300 points
The DOW closed up 297 points or 2.4%, the S&P500 up 25 points or 2.0%, and NASDAQ was up 50 points or 1.8%, week ending January 20th. Markets were closed on Jan 16th to celebrate the Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday. Oil was down by $0.60 closing at $98.15 per barrel.
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How did markets do in 2011?
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What happened to the Foreign Exchange Rates in 2011?
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2011 Performance of Your Favourite Stocks 
Your favourite stocks -  Disney (Ticker DIS) lost 0.6%, .jpg "Kellogg (Ticker is K) has over $11 billion in sales. It is know for ready-to-eat cereal and convenience foods.") Kellogg (Ticker K) lost 1.3% and  McDonalds' (Ticker MCD) gained whopping 30.1% in 2011. Your portfolio of these three stocks gained 13.4%. In other words, if you bought these stocks in January, 2011 for $166.07 your stocks value went up to $188.40 or by 13.4%.
If you analyze your stock portfolio investment from a long term perspective then you did good as well. For example, if you bought these stocks in 2007 or 2008 or 2009 or 2010, and sold in 2011, then you perhaps did better than most financial experts working on the Wall Street! See the table below.
Read Volume 97 for the 2008 performance, Volume 166 for the 2009 performance, and Volume 219 for the 2010 performance .
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Learn more about...
What is Credit History? Why is it important to have a good credit history? Volume 12.
What is Economy, Business, Workers, Goods, Services, Stock, DOW, S&P500, and NASDAQ in Volume 16.
Does it pay to study hard? Volume 17.
What is Currency and Foreign Currency Exchange rate? Volume 14. What is stronger or weaker currency? Volume 20. What does the dollar slide mean? Volume 32.
How does money grow in a bank? Volume 21.
What is Fed Funds rate and Discount rate? Volume 22
What does the interest rate cut mean for you? What is APR? Volume 23.
How to read stock information? Volume 25.
What is "Black Monday"...Crash of 87"? Volume 31.
Who are CEO, CFO, Shareholders, and the Board of Directors? What is SOX? Volume 33
What does "$4.95 + Tax" means? Volume 47.
What is a Recession? What is a Depression? Volume 48.
What is Mergers & Acquisition (M&A)? What is a Merger? Volume 49.
What is ADR? Volume 62.
What does buying back of shares means? Volume 63.
Why is consumer confidence so important? Volume 64.
A fun way to start a Lemonade Stand and Learn about Business too! Volume 126.
What is Supply and Demand? Volume 177.
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Jan 17-20, 2012
Weekly Stock Market
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Markets Up!
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Index
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Change
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Last
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DOW
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Up 297
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12,720
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S&P500
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Up 25
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1,315
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NASDAQ
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Up 50
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Foreign Exchange Rate
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Currency
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Last
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Euro (€)
European Union
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0.02
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0.77
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Yen (¥)
Japan
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-0.07
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77.03
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Pound (£)
United Kingdom
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0.01
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0.64
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Yuan ( )
China
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