Investors invest for the long-term and traders trade for short-term gains. The distinction is important when it comes to success in investing. Since most retail investor invest in equities to meet a long-term goal such as a retirement it is important to focus on total returns of an index as opposed to price returns when …
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Many emerging market (EM) investors consider commodities and energy as the best sectors to invest in those markets. This seem logical since many emerging markets are commodity based economies especially materials and oil. For example, Russia is a major oil exporter while Brazil is major exporter of natural resources and agricultural products. While investing in emerging …
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The Dow crossed 20,000 for the first time last month. The graphic below shows the index components back in March 1999 and January 2017. In 1999, the dot-com was all the craze but now it has replaced by social media, e-commerce 2.0, etc. Back then the constituent with the largest market cap was General Electric …
The chart below from a journal article shows some key trade figures among Nafta member nations: Click to enlarge Source: What’s at Stake in Nafta?, WSJ