Eurozone and Australian stocks are cheap now based on Shiller Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio. However US stocks look expensive at current levels. Click to enlarge Source: The Trump bump and shares – short-term risks, but five reasons for optimism by Dr Shane Oliver, AMP Capital, May 23, 2017
Compound interest is the eight wonder of the world. So said Albert Einstein. Saving for retirement is a struggle for many workers especially middle and poor-income American workers. However even saving a little everyday can help build a nice nest egg. The following example, shows the power of compounding returns by skipping coffee at expensive …
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Capital markets in some countries are highly vibrant than others. One measure of a healthy capital market is the number of companies that are publicly listed. Generally developed countries have a high number of public companies relative to emerging and frontier countries. India has the number of public listings in the world with 5,821 companies …
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Earlier this month Ben Carlson, Director of institutional asset management at Ritholtz Wealth Management and author of the popular A Wealth of Common Sense blog wrote an article in Bloomberg discussing stock Buybacks and Dividends. The gist of the article is that investors can expect to earn a higher rate of return in the stock market …
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One of the many risks that investors have to take into consideration when investing in foreign stocks is Concentration Risk. This risk simply means a market is highly concentration with one stock accounting a large percentage of the allocation. Or to put it another way, one stock dominates the market. So a benchmark index that …
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