A video post from Prof. Aswath Damodaran of NYU’s Stern School of Business on the pros and cons of Active Investing: Source: Active Investing: Rest in Peace or Resurgent Force?, Musings on markets, Prof. Aswath Damodaran Also checkout: Active vs passive investment: is it worth paying up for talent?, Money Observer
Manufacturing jobs in the US have been on the decline for many decades now. Currently manufacturing jobs account for 8.4% of the total US workforce. Click to enlarge Source: What Are the Risks of a U.S.-China Trade War?, U.S. Funds Since millions of jobs have been lost over the year, it would be a herculean …
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Mr.Jack Bogle, founder of The Vanguard Group is not a fan of foreign stocks. He basically states that Americans need not own foreign stocks since one gain exposure to overseas markets by simply staying with US firms. Jack gave an interview Bloomberg in 2014 and I wrote an article about that. I admire Mr.Jack for helping millions …
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Stock market participation varies across countries. In some countries such as the US the participation rate is high while in others such as frontier countries the rate is very low. Among developed countries, Germany has one of the lowest stock market participation rates. According to a recent article, just over 9 million of Germans owned …
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The FTSE 100 is up just over 12% year-to-date. The index has outperformed the other major indices of developed Europe such as the CAC-40, DAX and IBEX. This is because the FTSE 100 is heavily concentrated with mining and oil and gas firms and the companies in the index are more dependent on foreign markets …
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