The List of New York Stock Exchange Holidays for 2017

The New York Stock Exchange(NYSE) will be closed for the following holidays in 2017: Source: NYSE NYSE will observe a total of nine holidays in 2017. On two days the market will close early at 1 PM. These are on July 3rd – the day before Independence Day and Nov 24th – the day after Thanksgiving Day. …

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Why Foreign Stocks May Be Better For A Dividend Growth Strategy Than US Stocks

One of the investment strategies followed by some investors is the Dividend Growth Investment (DGI) strategy. With this philosophy, they identify and own stocks that consistently not pay dividends but also increase their dividend payouts every year. Hence a rising dividend payments received year after year would compound the overall returns of a portfolio when those …

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The Health Benefits of Coffee vs. Tea

Coffee and Tea offer different kinds of health benefits. Generally tea seems to be a healthier option than coffee.Tea does not have caffeine and tea is popular in many East Asian countries like China. On the other hand, Coffee is more popular than tea in the US. Below is an interesting infographic showing the health …

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