Japan JP: Portfolio Investment Assets: Debt Securities: Denominated in US Dollars data was reported at 1,336.418 USD bn in Jun 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,334.881 USD bn for Dec 2023. Japan JP: Portfolio Investment Assets: Debt Securities: Denominated in US Dollars data is updated semiannually, averaging 1,167.985 USD bn from Dec 2001 (Median) to Jun 2024, with 35 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,548.788 USD bn in Dec 2020 and a record low of 429.502 USD bn in Dec 2001. Japan JP: Portfolio Investment Assets: Debt Securities: Denominated in US Dollars data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Japan – Table JP.IMF.CPIS: BPM6: Portfolio Investment Assets: by Currency: Bi-annual.

Dollar General return on investment for the quarter ending April 30, 2025 was 8.69. Dollar General average return on investment for 2024 was 11.26, a 38.27% decline from 2023. Dollar General average return on investment for 2023 was 18.24, a 18.79% decline from 2022. Dollar General average return on investment for 2022 was 22.46, a 6.03% decline from 2021. Roi - return on investment can be defined as an indicator of how profitable a company is relative to its assets invested by shareholders and long-term bond holders. Calculated by dividing a company's operating earnings by its long-term debt and shareholders equity.

This dataset provides values for FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT NET BOP US DOLLAR reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

The USD to EUR exchange rate in 2022 roughly 30 percent higher than it was in 2012, revealing a very strong dollar against the euro. The value of 0.89 euros per dollar was noticeably higher than the 2016 peak of 0.95 euros per dollar, but still above the price before the Eurozone Crisis. This started in 2009 and was caused by difficulties of several European countries with repaying government debt. What does the exchange rate mean? At any single point, an exchange rate is simply a measure of the value of one currency in terms of another. However, when the exchange rate shifts, one currency gets “stronger” and the other “weaker”. This is particularly important in international trade. A strong currency makes imports cheaper, so one could expect the trade balance of a country with a strong currency to decrease. In such a way, a strong currency would hurt a country with a high trade surplus. Exchange rate investments There is a financial market built around currency fluctuations. The foreign exchange market, or forex market, has a daily turnover of trillions of dollars. This market is critical for international trade, but many investors simply use it to speculate.

In 2023, for every dollar invested in startups in Africa, ** cents went to all-male founding teams, ** cents went to solo male founders, and ** cents to gender-diverse founding teams. Female-only founders and all-female founding teams received *** cent each. Overall, there is a clear dominance in investment funds for male-led start-ups.

The DXY exchange rate rose to 97.9584 on July 14, 2025, up 0.11% from the previous session. Over the past month, the United States Dollar has weakened 0.32%, and is down by 6.03% over the last 12 months. United States Dollar - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on July of 2025.

Dominica: Capital investment, billion USD: The latest value from 2018 is 0.18 billion U.S. dollars, an increase from 0.09 billion U.S. dollars in 2017. In comparison, the world average is 135.50 billion U.S. dollars, based on data from 167 countries. Historically, the average for Dominica from 2006 to 2018 is 0.09 billion U.S. dollars. The minimum value, 0.07 billion U.S. dollars, was reached in 2006 while the maximum of 0.18 billion U.S. dollars was recorded in 2018.

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The Turkish Lira is losing its value against U.S. Dollar constantly. As of October 22, 2021, 1 USD = 9.61 Turkish Lira (TRY). On the other hand, interest rates are quite high, especially for the Turkish Lira.

I set out to investigate if I had $100000 in 2010 and invested this money in different interest rates in both Turkish Lira (TRY) and US Dollar (USD), which investment would bring more gain in 2021.

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The data has been gathered from Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Merkez Bankasi (TCMB), aka the Turkish FED, website. The data shows the historical interest rates as well as USD/TRY conversion rates between July 2010 and July 2021. The original data’s all column names and relative explanations were Turkish, so the columns are renamed and the data is cleaned.

There are ten cleaned columns on the dataset: Date, 1-month TRY interest rates, 3 months TRY interest rates, 6 months TRY interest rates, 1-year TRY interest rates, 1 month USD interest rates, 3 months USD interest rates, 6 months USD interest rates, 1 year USD interest rates, USD/TRY Buying Conversion Rate, USD/TRY Selling Conversion Rate.

** USD Buying means, the customer is selling USD to the bank/ exchange office ** USD Selling means, the customer is buying USD to the bank/ exchange office

Inspiration

Would it be more beneficial if I converted my $100000 in July 2010 to Turkish Lira, which is the equivalent of 153631.36 TRY using July 2010’s rates and invested with Turkish high-interest rates or kept my money as U.S. Dollars and invested with relatively lower U.S. Dollar interest rates until July 2021? $100000 is equivalent to 861294.12 TRY in July 2021.

It is forecast that the global online trading market will increase at a global compound annual growth rate of *** percent per year, increasing to an estimated **** billion U.S. dollars in 2026. This is from a base of around ***** billion U.S. dollars in 2022. Following the coronavirus pandemic beginning in 2020, online trading activity increased among millennial investors. Many online brokers, including Robinhood, experienced notable growth in the number of platform users from the second quarter of 2020 through to 2021. A low-cost business model, paired with technological integration and social media promotion were contributing factors to the popularity of online trading. What is an online trading platform? The online trading market is typically accessed through an online market broker, providing a platform for users to track market prices and execute buy and sell orders on financial securities. The user typically holds their portfolio through an online broker. The number of monthly downloads for leading online trading apps spiked in early 2021. While this was influenced by media attention to popular news stories such as the increase in the price of GameStop shares, online trading is expected to continue as an alternative to traditional investment methods. Factors driving online trading The integration of technology has improved investing activities. From a global survey, most respondents stated technology made investing easier, cheaper, and more efficient. The use of technology allowed information such as real-time data, industry and firm reports, and trading notifications to be more accessible directly to the investor. Online platforms had experienced an increase in the number of trades placed per day, in 2019, interactive brokers had an average of 1,380 trades placed per day. This number steadily increased to 3,905 trades per day in 2021. Technological integration allowed trading via online platforms to be an alternative to traditional methods of relying on an in-person full-service broker.

IIP: Assets: Non-Equity Financial Instrument: US Dollar data was reported at 86,081.000 NZD mn in Dec 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 66,961.000 NZD mn for Sep 2024. IIP: Assets: Non-Equity Financial Instrument: US Dollar data is updated quarterly, averaging 32,434.000 NZD mn from Jun 2000 (Median) to Dec 2024, with 99 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 86,081.000 NZD mn in Dec 2024 and a record low of 14,157.000 NZD mn in Jun 2000. IIP: Assets: Non-Equity Financial Instrument: US Dollar data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Stats NZ. The data is categorized under Global Database’s New Zealand – Table NZ.JB010: BPM6: International Investment Position: by Currency.

USD index is expected to strengthen in the near term due to persistent safe-haven demand amid global economic uncertainties. The risk associated with this prediction is the potential for a correction if risk appetite improves or the Federal Reserve signals a dovish pivot.

IIP: Assets: Non-Equity Financial Instrument: Canadian Dollar data was reported at 3,917.000 NZD mn in Dec 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 3,728.000 NZD mn for Sep 2024. IIP: Assets: Non-Equity Financial Instrument: Canadian Dollar data is updated quarterly, averaging 661.000 NZD mn from Jun 2000 (Median) to Dec 2024, with 99 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3,917.000 NZD mn in Dec 2024 and a record low of 38.000 NZD mn in Jun 2000. IIP: Assets: Non-Equity Financial Instrument: Canadian Dollar data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Stats NZ. The data is categorized under Global Database’s New Zealand – Table NZ.JB010: BPM6: International Investment Position: by Currency.

The total global net assets of mutual funds registered in the United States amounted to approximately 25.5 trillion U.S. dollars in 2023, compared to around 5.53 trillion U.S. dollars in 1998. Mutual funds - additional information Mutual funds are investment funds in which the capital is pooled from a number of different investors and then used to buy securities such as stocks, bonds or money market instruments. Although investing in mutual funds, rather than direct investment in individual securities, still presents a certain degree of risk, it has become more and more common practice around the world. One of the biggest advantages of this type of investment is the fact that the fund assets are managed by professionals, who aim to eliminate some of the risk involved in investing in individual stocks and bonds through diversification of assets. As of 2022, there were almost 7,400 mutual funds domiciled in the United States. There are four main types of mutual funds, categorized by the nature of their principal investments, namely: stock or equity funds (whether domestic or international), bond or fixed income funds, money market funds and hybrid funds. In 2022, domestic equity funds were the most popular category in the United States, representing 46 percent of all mutual fund and ETF assets.

India IN: Portfolio Investment Assets: Denominated in US Dollars data was reported at 12.760 USD bn in Jun 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 12.201 USD bn for Dec 2023. India IN: Portfolio Investment Assets: Denominated in US Dollars data is updated semiannually, averaging 672.635 USD mn from Dec 2004 (Median) to Jun 2024, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12.760 USD bn in Jun 2024 and a record low of 20.957 USD mn in Dec 2004. India IN: Portfolio Investment Assets: Denominated in US Dollars data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s India – Table IN.IMF.CPIS: BPM6: Portfolio Investment Assets: by Currency: Bi-annual.

Canada CA: Portfolio Investment Assets: Denominated in US Dollars data was reported at 1,917.751 USD bn in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,596.414 USD bn for 2022. Canada CA: Portfolio Investment Assets: Denominated in US Dollars data is updated yearly, averaging 1,026.811 USD bn from Dec 2003 (Median) to 2023, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,917.751 USD bn in 2023 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 2004. Canada CA: Portfolio Investment Assets: Denominated in US Dollars data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Canada – Table CA.IMF.CPIS: BPM6: Portfolio Investment Assets: by Currency: Annual.

Turkey: Foreign Direct Investment, billion USD: The latest value from 2023 is 10.95 billion U.S. dollars, a decline from 13.67 billion U.S. dollars in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 4.49 billion U.S. dollars, based on data from 173 countries. Historically, the average for Turkey from 1970 to 2023 is 5.15 billion U.S. dollars. The minimum value, 0.01 billion U.S. dollars, was reached in 1976 while the maximum of 22.05 billion U.S. dollars was recorded in 2007.

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The Ivory Coast: Capital investment, billion USD: The latest value from 2023 is 22.17 billion U.S. dollars, an increase from 18.49 billion U.S. dollars in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 182.44 billion U.S. dollars, based on data from 149 countries. Historically, the average for the Ivory Coast from 1960 to 2023 is 3.96 billion U.S. dollars. The minimum value, 0.09 billion U.S. dollars, was reached in 1960 while the maximum of 22.17 billion U.S. dollars was recorded in 2023.

United States CSI: Savings: Stock Mkt Invts Current Val Inc: Under $10,000 data was reported at 8.000 % in May 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 9.000 % for Apr 2018. United States CSI: Savings: Stock Mkt Invts Current Val Inc: Under $10,000 data is updated monthly, averaging 11.000 % from Jan 1990 (Median) to May 2018, with 246 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 37.000 % in Jan 1990 and a record low of 4.000 % in Jul 2012. United States CSI: Savings: Stock Mkt Invts Current Val Inc: Under $10,000 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by University of Michigan. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.H026: Consumer Sentiment Index: Savings & Retirement. Suppose that tomorrow someone were to invest one thousand dollars in a type What do you think is the percent chance that this one thousand dollar investment will increase in value in the year ahead, so that it is worth more than one thousand dollars one year from now?

United States CSI: Savings: Stock Mkt Invts Current Val Inc: $50,000-$99,999 data was reported at 12.000 % in May 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 13.000 % for Apr 2018. United States CSI: Savings: Stock Mkt Invts Current Val Inc: $50,000-$99,999 data is updated monthly, averaging 13.000 % from Jan 1990 (Median) to May 2018, with 246 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 19.000 % in Nov 2012 and a record low of 7.000 % in Oct 2015. United States CSI: Savings: Stock Mkt Invts Current Val Inc: $50,000-$99,999 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by University of Michigan. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.H026: Consumer Sentiment Index: Savings & Retirement. Suppose that tomorrow someone were to invest one thousand dollars in a type What do you think is the percent chance that this one thousand dollar investment will increase in value in the year ahead, so that it is worth more than one thousand dollars one year from now?