In an article yesterday we looked at the top 10 US companies based on the dividends paid. More important than the dividends paid is the annual dividend growth rate. This rate is especially important over many years due to the effect of compounding in boosting the investment returns assuming an investor reinvests dividends. The following table shows …
Inflation is an economic concept that drives prices of goods and services up. The increase occurs over time. Even in capitalist economies such as the U.S. prices of goods and services increase year after year contrary to economic principles like supply and demand. Prices are pushed ever higher by companies for a multitude of reasons the …
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The U.S. is home to some of the world’s largest and finest companies. For instance, 148 firms in the Fortune Global 500 for 2014 are based in the USA. From technology to entertainment to consumer goods, American multinationals dominate the global marketplace with companies such as Coca Cola(KO), Starbucks(SBUX), McDonald’s(MCD), Pepsi(PEP), Colgate-Palmolive(CL) becoming household names across the …
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Investors should invest in stocks for the long-term and not engage in shot-term trading.Long-term is measured in years and can be considered as at least five years. Trying to time the market is not a good idea for the majority of investors. There are not many people in the world who have successfully predicted the future movement of …
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One of the important factors that U.S. investors investing in foreign stocks have to consider is the withholding tax on dividends levied by the country where the foreign company is based. Governments charge this tax on dividends paid out to foreigners in order to generate additional tax revenues.However there are a few countries which do not levy …
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