Brent crude oil prices closed at just over $33.00 today. Since late last year the price of oil and equity prices are moving in sync with each other. The correlation between oil prices and stocks jumped to high levels in January according to an article by James Tierney, Jr. of Alliance Bersntein. From the article: Equity …
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North America railroad stocks have declined substantially in the past year. As the volume of coal and oil shipped by rail continues to fall, railroads are adversely impacted. When crude oil was trading over at $100 per barrel, “oil by rail” was projected to be a huge opportunity for railroads when producers especially share oil producers shipped …
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Money Managers Bleed Cash After Investors Pull Billions (Bloomberg) The Devastating Cost of Monetized Elections (Common Dreams) Health Care’s Continental Divide (Bloomberg) No country for outliers (The Hindu) Why Your Portfolio Needs Plenty of Stocks, Whatever Your Age (NY Times) The decline of “shareholder capitalism” (MoneyWeek) The Oil Rout’s Surprise Victims (Jason Zweig, WSJ) What to do with …
The dividend yield of the S&P 500 is around 2%. This has stayed around the 2% mark for many years. I have mentioned many times before that this low compared to other countries. In addition to that the payout ratio of the US firms is also low. Hence investors looking for income are wise to …
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Gold prices have declined greatly in the past few years. From a peak of over $1,800 a few years ago it has now fallen to about $1,115 this past Friday. Click to enlarge Source: Kitco The current bear market is in- line with past bear markets. The following table the shows the duration of the past …