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Top 15 Metros – From Switzerland to the Sonoran Desert – Fintech Securities & Investments
Shelby Cullom Davis, “one of the least talked about, but most successful investors,” managed to parlay a 1947 $50,000 investment into over $800 million by the time of his passing in 1994. A 23% compounded average annual rate of return. Not too bad. During his career Shelby advised Thomas Dewey on economic matters when he…
Read MoreTop 15 Metros – Fidelity Durham – Fintech Securities & Investments
In “places like … Raleigh, you see a real concentration of brain power. You have a lot of smart people living in the same place. That will drive the economy”, Steven P. Rosenthal, Northland Investment Corp. And so will tax incentives. The Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill combined statistical area (CSA), with over 2 million people, is the second…
Read MoreInformation Technology Investment in the US Information Services Industry
As we saw in an earlier article, the Information Services industry is the most “intensive” user of information technology (IT). In 2015, the Information Services industry invested (per worker) over 8 times has much as the average and nearly 300 times as much as the least intensive industry. This is not just a single year…
Read MoreHealthcare Information Technology Investment Trends
According to US government data (US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)), Healthcare industry investment in computers, software and communications equipment has grown by a compound annual rate (CAGR) of 6% since 2000. For the rest of the private (non-government) US market, such investment has grown at a slightly lower rate of 5% per year. Interactive…
Read MoreUS Information Technology Investment per Worker
Investment in information technology by US businesses varies dramatically across industries. On a per worker basis, the top industry invested over 300 times that invested by the bottom industry in 2015. Why does information technology investment per worker matter? While information technology (IT) investment per worker has grown over time across all industries, there clearly…
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