Index providers MSCI and FTSE have launched many indices over the years. Hundreds of ETF providers and other companies use these indices to benchmark the performance of their products. Some use the MSCI while others use the FTSE. For example, the iShares Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) tracks the performance of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The Vanguard …
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The Pharmaceutical Executive magazine published its annual ranking of the Top 50 Pharma Companies Worldwide based on sales earlier this month. New York -based Pfizer(PFE) was topped the list with a sales of over $47.4 billion in 2012. The Top 50 Global Pharma Companies are listed in the tables below: Click to enlarge Source: Pharmaceutical Executive Here …
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‘Keep calm and carry on’ as FTSE tumbles 2% (CityWire) ‘We are, in economic terms, all Japanese’: Paul Krugman (Financial Post) Is this the end of Japan’s bull market? (MoneyWeek) Avoiding stocks? (Fidelity) Does Behavioral Investing Make Sense Anymore? (AllianceBernstein Blog) Costs matter: Are fund investors voting with their feet? (Vanguard) Purity Concerns: German Beer Brewers Foaming over Fracking (Der Spiegel) …
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Timing the market is not a good idea for most investors. Following this strategy is especially detrimental to long-term investors. Short-term investors also should avoid this strategy since even shorter time periods timing the market usually leads to lower returns. Investors holding equities for less than five years can be considered as short-term investors. Proponents …
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The OECD released on a report last week discussing rising income equality and poverty since the global financial crisis. The report noted that income inequality based on the gini coefficient actually increased in the past few years in developed countries. This is not surprising as the poor and middle-class suffer more as jobs disappeared and many …
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