Archive of entries posted on January 2014

Review: The Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns 1994-2013

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Every year Callan Associates publishes their famous The Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns. Recently they updated the table with data for 2013. The Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns for 2013 is shown below: Click to enlarge Source: Callan Associates As always this chart makes it clear that diversification among asset classes is important. For …

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The World’s Top Sugar Producers

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Sugar comes from two types of crops: cane sugar and beet sugar. Some countries such as the U.S. and China growth both types of sugars. Many countries that produce sugar offer subsidies to their sugar farmers and protect their sugar industry from foreign competition. Some of the laws include the US Farm Act, the European Union Sugar …

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How Does Inflation Impact Stock Returns

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One of the reasons for investing in stocks including dividend-paying stocks is earn a return that keeps up with or even beats inflation. Historically stocks have performed well when inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) ranged from -3% to 3% according to a white paper published by DWS Investments of Deutsche Bank …

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Consider Recycling Money From US Stocks Into Canada and Europe

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U.S. stocks had a great run in 2013 with the S&P 500 index returning 30%. Most of the S&P sectoral indices including the financials performed very well. After such strong gains, the general consensus among professional money managers now is that equity returns will be good but not great this year. Any investors would agree that …

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