Archive of entries posted on April 2016

Knowledge is Power: Buybacks, Financial Stocks, Canada Trade Edition

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China: Still the World’s Number One Heavy Metal Rock Star (US Funds) China: out with the old (just not yet) (Fidelity, UK) Buybacks, Dividends, Capex, and Long-Term Value Creation (S&P) Why the South American stock market revival isn’t all it appears to be (Financial Post) Required or desired returns? That is the question PDF (Vanguard) Taxing to develop: why …

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Dividend Payments are Highly Concentrated in the UK Stock Market

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Dividend paid out by British firms are unevenly distributed with a few large players accounting for a large portion of the dividends paid out. Traditionally the British dividend landscape is dominated by firms in certain sectors such as mining, oil, utilities, tobacco, consumer staples and telecom. In fact, according to a research report by Schroder’s …

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Two Top British Fund Managers Favor Tobacco Stocks

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Tobacco stocks are some of the consistent long-term winners in terms of both income and total returns. In a recent speech, two of the star rated fund managers in the UK noted their preference for stocks in this industry. Star fund managers Terry Smith and Neil Woodward noted a few reasons that support their views. …

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