Last week I posted the Periodic Table Of Investment Returns for Developed Markets. In this post, lets take a look at the chart for emerging markets from 2005 to 2014. Click to enlarge Brazil has been a poorly performing emerging market since 2010. Unlike China and India, the country is blessed with natural resources and …
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The original World Trade Center(WTC) twin towers in lower Manhattan opened on April 4, 1973. They stood majestically over the NY skyline until they were destroyed by terrorists on September 11, 2001. I came across the following interesting ad in the Life magazine during the construction of the towers: Click to enlarge Source: Life
Chinese stocks have soared this year with the Shanghai Composite Index up over 55% in dollar terms. As the share prices have increased the market capitalization of China exchanges are also rising sharply compared to major exchanges of the world. The chart below shows the top global equity markets ranked by market capitalization: Click to …
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One of the main themes that I have written about many times on this site is for U.S. investors to invest in foreign stocks. There are plenty of reasons to invest in foreign stocks with diversification being one of the top reasons. So far this year, the U.S. markets have lagged in performance relative to international …
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