Equity investors are bombarded with a multitude of statistics on a daily basis mostly showing past data. However the past does not predict the future and for the most part past performance does not mean predict the future performance of a stock. With the US Presidential election coming up, one of the many stats that …
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China is slowly becoming a leading country in innovation. Relative to its peer countries China is far ahead in innovation and R&D spending. While a few years ago the country was known as the “shopping floor for world’s manufacturing” that is no longer the case. Because of its one-party system and the absence of some social …
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Fortune magazine recently published its famous Fortune Global 500 ranking for 2016. As usual US-based companies dominate the list. Of the thousands of Canadian companies only 12 made it to the list. The companies are selected based on revenues. In terms of size, the top ranked Canadian firm in the list is George Weston with …
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German stocks as measured by the benchmark DAX Index have entered a bull market last week. In this post lets review a few points about the DAX index and German equities in general. The year-to-date return of the DAX: Click to enlarge The 5-year return of the DAX: Note: Data shown are as of Aug …
Dividend paying/growing stocks generally outperform non-dividend paying stocks. When dividends are reinvested the compounding effect gives a boost to the overall total return of an equity investment. This effect becomes especially strong over long time periods for obvious reasons. Stocks that not only pay dividends but also grow their dividends consistently year after year tend …
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