Companies that produce and sell alcohol, operates casinos and sell tobacco products are called as “Sin” stocks. In this sector, tobacco stocks usually have high dividend yields and steady growth. Tobacco companies make high profit margins and their products generally sell well despite high taxes as people become addicted to them. Casino stocks are volatile …
Emerging market economies grew faster than developed world economies for many years now and this trend is projected to continue for the foreseeable future. For example, this year the U.S. economy is estimated to grow by just under 2%. Compared to this low growth rate, the GDPs of Brazil, China and India are forecast to …
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In this post lets take a quick at five stocks from different industries and some of the reasons to own them: 1.Applied Industrial Technologies Inc (AIT) Applied Industrial celebrated its 90th anniversary this month. Based in the mid-west the company is an industrial distributor selling products including bearings, power transmission components, fluid power components and …
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The consumer staples sector companies produce products that consumers have to buy regardless of the state of the economy. These products include items like food, personal products, hygiene products, household goods, etc. Consumer staple companies offer stable dividends with steady growth. They do not grow quickly like tech companies for example. Instead year after year …
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While most investors have been focused on the fall in Apple’s (AAPL) market capitalization in the past few weeks, another interesting development related to market caps took place today in the world of foreign oil companies. Ecopetrol (EC) of Colombia overtook Brazil’s oil major Petrobras(PBR) in terms of market capitalization despite Petrobras producing three times …
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