China is the largest destination for Australian exports followed by Japan. Click to enlarge Australian economy is in the doldrums since the prices of its major export commodities have fallen heavily as shown in the chart below: Source: The Australian Economy and Financial Markets, Chart Pack, Sept 2014, Reserve Bank of Australia
The potential for European companies to raise dividend payouts is high since currently the payout ratio is lower than in the past according to a Allianz Global Investors report. Click to enlarge From the report: As earnings blossomed following the 2008 / 2009 financial crisis, the distribution ratios of companies have declined considerably. In Europe, the ratio of paid …
Oil prices have fallen to a four-year low and continue to fall with prices closing at $86.44 per barrel(Brent) yesterday for December delivery. One way to profit from lower oil prices is to invest in emerging market equities as they are major oil importers. According to one Deutsche Bank research report, Europe & Asia (excluding Japan) …
Yesterday we looked at the comparison of US returns against other developed markets. In this post lets take a look at the emerging market returns by country over the past 10 years. Click to enlarge Source: Henderson Global Investors Note: The returns shown above are based on the country’s respective MSCI country index. A few observations from …
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The S&P 500 is up 6.3% year-to-date (YTD). In the past five years the index has more than doubled. Compared to the performance of the S&P 500, many of the developed market indices are in the negative territory so far this year.The returns of the some major markets YTD are listed below: UK’s FTSE 100: -5.3% …