The transportation sector is lagging so far this year relative to the performance of utilities and healthcare. Railroads form a big portion of the transportation sector. The year-to-date returns of major North American Class I railroad stocks is shown below: Click to enlarge The 5-year returns of major North American Class I railroad stocks is …
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We have seen many charts earlier showing index returns of emerging markets, individual countries, developed markets, etc. Most of the charts showed the returns individually. I came across the following chart that compares the returns of emerging market index returns against developed markets: Click to enlarge Source: Mirae Asset Management
For US investors only: Below is a neat flowchart showing how to do backdoor Roth IRA contributions for 2017: Click to enlarge Source: Ohanesian/Lecours Investment and Advisory Services
The growth of a $1,000 investment in the cryptocurrency bitcoin and S&P 500 in June 2010 is shown in the chart below. The bitcoin investment would have shot up like rocket to reach towards the $100 million mark compared to the tiny rise with the S&P 500: Click to enlarge Source: Chart of the Day: Bitcoin vs. …
U.S. stocks have soared since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2008-09. The benchmark S&P 500 has more than doubled from the lows reached during the dark days of 2009 when it seemed like world was coming to end. However none of the markets in developed Europe have had a strong recovery since the GFC like …
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