Water Pepsi Getty PepsiCo, Inc. is beating the Coca-Cola Company on Wall Street. PepsiCo’s shares have gained 19.45% for the last twelve months and 49.20% for the last five years, compared to 15.75% and 22.13% for Coca-Cola. But both companies have underperformed the overall market—see table 1. Table 1 Pepsi’s Shares Outperform Coke’s On Wall
Retirement
Once again, stories are circulating on the Internet that working longer can cause you to die sooner, while retiring early might enable you to extend your lifespan by many years. This post quotes an urban legend study that just won’t die: Supposedly Boeing and Lockheed Martin employees who retired at age 65 only lived for
French President Emmanuel Macron. France is imposing a new digital tax targeting Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon. © 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP France just imposed a 3% tax on the French revenues of Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon. But these companies are not going to be any less profitable because of the tax. If Google, Apple, Facebook or Amazon
Social Security may be one of your largest assets. What and when you collect will make a huge difference to your lifetime benefits. Today’s column highlights a recent email exchange we had with a customer about the family maximum that can be claimed on a single record. The rules are complex and confusing, as shown
Photographer: Atul Loke/Bloomberg © 2018 Bloomberg Finance LP China has been on an investment spree in recent years, at home and abroad. At home, investment has been one of the engines that, together with exports, have fueled its robust growth. Abroad, investments have served China’s ambitions to control the South China Sea and secure a