One way to gain exposure to growing economies outside of the U.S. is to simply invest in companies that generate a larger portion of their revenue from those economies. The advantage with this strategy is information about these firms is much easier to find and investors may already know most of these firms and their …
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The U.S. has the world’s largest economy with a GDP of about $15.0 Trillion in 2011.Finance, Insurance and Real Estate collectively known as the FIRE sector are the some of the major industries in the country.During 2008-2009 the financial and real estate sectors triggered the financial crisis bringing the global economy almost to its knees. Though …
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The following chart shows the non-OECD countries with increasing use of coal for electricity generation : Click to enlarge Source: Medium-Term Coal Market Report 2012, IEA Related ETF: Market Vectors-Coal ETF (KOL) Also checkout: Should You Invest in the Land of Komodo Dragons? 10 Coal Stocks from the Russell Global Coal Index Why Invest in …
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The chart below shows the performance of exchange-listed foreign Oil and Natural Gas stocks year-to-date: Click to enlarge Data Source: BNY Mellon Colombia’s Ecopetrol(EC) is the top performer this year with a return of about 32% so far.China’s CNOOC(CEO) and PetroChina(PTR) have also performed well with double-digit rises. Compared to these ADRs, Brazil’s Petrobras(PBR) has …
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The S&P 500 is up 12.4% year-to-date based on price returns. With dividends reinvested the return jumps to 14.89%. The current dividend yield for the index is 2.23%. Despite rising corporate profits U.S. firms prefer to retain earnings than increase payouts. Compared to this paltry yield, many foreign markets pay much higher yields. While in …
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