Topic Capital Markets

Here is a nice write up (as of June 2025) about current trends on the world macro environment, markets, and tech. By DB.

Dividend Aristocrats are companies that have increased their dividends for at least 25 consecutive years.  Here is the current list of 67 companies.  Impressive track records of some blue chip companies.

This is a great chart to show the 12 Bear Markets since 1940.  It is refreshing/comforting to see the length of Bull markets trounce the length of Bear Markets.  

Here is an interesting press release regarding a company selling stock at less than a buck.

Here is a short Executive Summary of Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID), a regulation in place in Europe. There is some indirect impact which could affect IR at companies.