Archive of entries posted on February 2015

Is Investing in Mature Tech Companies for the Long Term a Wise Strategy?

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One of the issues that long-term investors may consider is if they should invest in stocks of hi-tech companies. This group includes firms that became public in the past few years , freshly-minted IPOs and well established or mature firms. An example for each of this category can be Facebook(FB), Box Inc(BOX) and Cisco (CSCO). To answer my title …

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Knowledge is Power: Science, Comeback, Diversification Edition

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Guest post: 10 consequences of the commodity crash (FT beyondbrics) Should I Stay or Should I Go: Global Diversification Could be 2015’s Winner (Charles Schwab) The Philippines’ Cinderella story (MoneyWeek) A Few Words on Greece (Mark Mobius) Why investors need to change their attitude when they reach retirement (Trustnet) America dumbs down (MaCleans) Also see Americans Don’t Know Much About …

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Hunting For Yield? Checkout These Asian Dividend Stocks

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Asia is a fertile region for dividend hunters. Many companies in the region have high dividend payouts and have stable but steady growth too. Some countries such as South Korea and India are not great for dividend stocks but others such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia, Singapore, etc. have many companies that are consistent dividend payers and …

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Invest in North American Railroad Stocks for the Long Term

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The railroad industry plays an important and critical role in the economic growth of North America countries. Railroads in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. are inter-connected for seamless and efficient transportation of freight across the continent. Due to the vastness of the U.S. and Canada, railroads move a tremendous amount of goods and materials cheaply from one …

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A Note on the Top Life Insurance Companies in the World

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Life insurance is a big business in many part of the world. For example, in many European countries life insurance policies are preferred by consumers over other financial products such as equities.In France and Germany people have more of their retirement in insurance products than equities.Similarly Japanese also invest in life insurance policies for their retirement …

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