A quick look at the performance of Bank of America (BAC) and Royal Bank of Canada(RY) over 5 and 10 years shows the huge disparity in returns. The returns noted are based on share price changes only and do not include dividends. 5-year return of Bank of America and Royal Bank of Canada: Click to enlarge …
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Here is a performance review of US-based Verizon Communications(VZ) and Philippines-based Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PHI): 5-year return of Verizon Communications and Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company: Click to enlarge 10-year return of Verizon Communications and Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company: In 5 years the difference in returns was not big.However in 10 years, PHI had an …
Stocks generally outperform bonds in the very long term ranging over many decades. For example, U.S. stocks yielded a compounded total return of 9.9% from January 1926 thru December 2010. However bonds beat stocks over shorter time periods such as 5 years, 10 years and stock returns have been mediocre relative to bonds over other periods, …
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Earlier in the year Morgan Stanley published a list of dividend stocks from Europe. From a news report quoting the research report: Morgan Stanley screened for: a high dividend yield showing dividend per share (DPS) growth in 2012 and 2013; where the payout ratio is not too onerous (less than 75%); with strong balance sheets …
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In this post let us take a look at how returns vary when an investor invests in a domestic telecom provider relative to investing in a foreign company. The Dow Jones Industrial Average component AT&T (T) is one of the large telecommunication companies. Currently the company has a market capitalization of about $205.5 B and the dividend …