Archive of entries posted on September 2014

Knowledge is Power: Spain, Emerging Markets, Mighty Ships Edition

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Stocks to avoid: The FTSE companies in “terminal decline” (FE Trustnet) How Big Are Emerging Markets? (Mark Mobius) Spain is on the road to recovery, but challenges remain to ensure sustainable, inclusive growth, says OECD (OECD) Three Things to Know About Gold ETFs (Canadian Investment Review)  How to jumpstart the Eurozone economy (Vox) What’s happened to Sony? (News …

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Chart Review: Canada ETF vs. Australia ETF

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The Canadian economy is highly dependent on the U.S. economy.It is often said that if U.S. sneezes Canada catches cold. However Australia’s economy is not highly tied to the U.S. economy. Australia is dependent on China. Australia is the major exporter of natural resources such as coal, iron ore to China. As the Chinese economy …

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The Top 16 Global Consumer Goods Companies by Market Capitalization

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Consumer goods stocks are attractive from a long-term investment perspective because they are generally less volatile and tend to have slow but steady growth over many years.While they may not offer the thrill of holding hot technology stocks like Facebook(FB) or Apple (APPL) they offer diversification benefits to a portfolio and most importantly they provide downward …

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On The Dividend Payout Ratios Of U.S. Stocks

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The current dividend yield of the S&P 500 is 1.91%. It has stayed around the 2% mark for many years. Despite corporate profits soaring and reaching record-high levels most U.S. companies have not shared the higher earnings with their shareholders in  the form of higher dividend payouts. The chart below shows the long-term declining trend of dividend …

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