When investing for income with dividend stocks one has to consider the impact of taxes since higher tax rates can significantly reduce the after-tax yield on the investment. In this post lets take a look at historical trend and current tax rates on dividends. The graphic below shows the U.S. individual dividends and capital gains …
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Last month S&P launched a new index called the S&P Emerging Asia 40 Index to provide exposure to the 40 largest and most liquid securities from the emerging markets of China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand.The Index offers equal exposure to two distinctive regions: with 20 stocks from China and India and 20 …
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In 2010 China’s GDP increased by 10.1% from the previous year to reach $5.98 Trillion. However a large portion of this GDP is due to the country’s fixed investment in infrastructure, property and manufacturing and not consumption. Following the trend from last year, investment accounted for more than half of the economic growth in the …
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The chart below shows the year-to-date(YTD) performance of the S&P 500 and the major indices of most global markets: Click to enlarge Some observations: With a loss of 4.6% YTD for the S&P 500, U.S. stocks are relatively performing better than the stocks of other developed economies. Equities in Italy and Spain have entered the …
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Investing in Chinese stocks is easier if one chooses to invest via ADRs traded on the US markets or stocks listed on other major exchanges. However investing directly in ordinaries on the domestic market in China is complicated. There are many types of stocks for the same company with different rules and restrictions especially for …
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