One of the risks of investing in foreign stocks is the exchange-rate risk. For example, the movement of the domestic currency where the stock is listed against the US dollar can adversely or positively impact the return of that investment for US-based investors. A strengthening of the dollar reduces foreign stock returns to US investors …
Continue reading ‘Currency Movements Benefit Foreign Stocks in the Long-Term’ »
Each year Forbes Asia publishes the best big companies in Asia under the title “Asia’s Fab 50”. The rankings are based on earnings, revenues and stock prices. For 1010, the magazine evaluated 936 Asian companies that had revenues or market capitalization of at least US $ 3.0 billion. The table below lists the top 50 …
China is one of the largest trading partner of the U.S. China’s global influence is growing and is projected to become a super-power in the future while the U.S. economic power declines. As the countries follow different political and economic systems, I wanted to compare some of the differences between these two large economies. The …
The Euro is the common currency of most of the European countries. Similar to the Euro, some have suggested that North America should have its own common currency and get rid of the individual currencies. So instead of the Canadian dollar, the US dollar and the Mexican Peso a common yet-to-named currency can become the …
Continue reading ‘Should The U.S. Dump The Dollar And Join The Euro?’ »