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Factoid of the Day
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Friday, July 21, 2017
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S&P 500 companies reported that 43.2% of their sales came from outside the U.S. in 2016, down from 44.3% in 2015, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices. The 43.2% figure is the lowest it has been since 2003, when it stood at 41.8%. Foreign sales reached an all-high of 47.9% in 2008. Asia was the number one region for foreign sales in 2016. Asia accounted for 8.46% of all S&P 500 sales, up from 6.77% in 2015. In 2016, S&P 500 companies sent 65.2% of their declared income tax payments to Washington, while the other 34.8% went to foreign governments.
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Covered Call Select Closed-End, 62 |
7/24/2017 |
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Deep Value Dividend Opportunity, 1 |
7/24/2017 |
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Income Dividend Equity Allocation (IDEA), 13 |
7/24/2017 |
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Balanced Income Equity and ETF Opportunity, 1 |
7/25/2017 |
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Municipal Income Select, Closed-End, 87 |
7/25/2017 |
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Senior Loan & Limited Duration Opportunities Closed-End, 48 |
7/25/2017 |
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Brookmont Equity Dividend, 12 |
7/26/2017 |
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Core Three Closed-End Allocation, 32 |
7/26/2017 |
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Technology Opportunity, 1 |
7/26/2017 |
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ETF Growth and Income, July 2017 |
7/27/2017 |
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Inflation Hedge, 34 |
7/27/2017 |
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Senior Loan and Dividend Growers, 15 |
7/27/2017 |
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Health Care Opportunity, 1 |
7/28/2017 |
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High Dividend Equity Opportunity, 1 |
7/28/2017 |
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Richard Bernstein Advisors Quality Income, 26 |
7/28/2017 |
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Interest Rate Hedge and ETF, 17 |
8/1/2017 |
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Investment Grade Select Closed-End & ETF, 4 |
8/1/2017 |
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Municipal Income and Dividend Growers, 12 |
8/1/2017 |
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California Municipal Income Select Closed-End, 62 |
8/2/2017 |
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Dividend & Income Select Closed-End, 60 |
8/2/2017 |
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Preferred Income, 91 |
8/2/2017 |
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Senior Loan & Limited Duration Closed-End, 76 |
8/2/2017 |
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Capital Strength, 39 |
8/4/2017 |
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Dividend Strength, 37 |
8/4/2017 |
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Market Strength Allocation Select, 28 |
8/4/2017 |
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Election Portfolio, 2016 Series 5 |
8/7/2017 |
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U.S. Equity Closed-End Portfolio, 25 |
8/7/2017 |
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New York Municipal Income Select Closed-End, 43 |
8/9/2017 |
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Dow® Target 10, August 2017 |
8/10/2017 |
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Tactical Income, 49 |
8/11/2017 |
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Sabrient Dividend, 20 |
8/14/2017 |
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