The real estate market in China has not yet crashed despite being a bubble for many months now. While the Chinese government has had some success in curbing excess speculation in major cities, developers are finding other places to continue their growth and in the process may create bigger bubbles. A recent article in Bloomberg …
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Callan Associates has published their famous Periodic Table of Investment Returns for 2010. The chart below shows the annual returns for key indices from 1991 thru 2010 ranked in the order of performance: Click to enlarge Source: Callan Associates Some observations: 1. After raking up double digit gains in 2009, markets around the world gained …
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Dear Visitor: I started this humble blog in early 2008. In the 3+ years since, the site has grown tremendously. Yesterday this site reached a major milestone. For the first time, the Sitemeter Total PageViews exceeded 1,000,000. Some stats from Sitemeter: Total Page Views = 1,004,813 Total Visitors = 560,964 There are currently 1,135 posts …
According to the Chinese Zodiac, 2011 is the Year of the Golden Rabbit, which began on February 3rd. Last month published the 17th annual CLSA Feng Shui Index report with a tongue-in-cheek look at what 2011 holds for equities, commodities, property, celebrities, and the zodiac signs in the year ahead. From the report: The 2010 …
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British companies are projected to increase dividend payouts by 10% this year according to a report by Capita Registrars Dividend Monitor. Captia Registrars expects overall dividend yield to be 4.4% in 2011. While most investors focus on stock prices, dividends are an important part of total return. Quoting the Barclays Equity Gilt Study, the monitor …
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