Dividend Withholding Tax Rates By Country 2016

*** UPDATE:  For the latest Dividend Withholding Tax Rates click : Dividend Withholding Tax Rates By Country 2017 When investing in overseas stocks investors have to pay withholding taxes on dividends paid out by a foreign company. Usually this tax is held by the country when dividends are sent out to non-resident investors. US investors can lose a …

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Duration of Bull and Bear Markets in Indian Stock Market

S&P BSE Sensex Index, the benchmark of India’s equity market is down 4.5% year-to-date. Though the index closed at 24, 952 on Friday,  in February it went below 23,000. During February, the Sensex was in a bear market having fallen over 23% from the previous peak reached in March 2015. Last month the index fell over 800 points …

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What is the Impact of Quantitative Easing on Savers?

Quantitative Easing (QE) programs have been implemented by central banks of many developed countries since the Global Finance Crisis(GFC) of 2008-2009. In simple terms, the programs eases the short-term interest rate to zero or close to zero. In the US, this rate known as the Fed Funds Rate, has remained at or near zero since the …

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Mark Mobius: Mexico Is a Standout in Latin America

Mobius and his team think that Mexico is a standout in Latin America. Some of the reasons for this uniqueness include the country’s closeness to the U.S. and dependence on the US economy, less reliance on oil revenues, etc. From a recent blog post by Rodolfo Ramos Cevallos, Templeton Emerging Markets Group: Over the last two decades, …

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