The Dividend Yields offered by Asian firms is higher other equity markets. With a dividend yield higher than 2.5% Asian companies pay the second highest yield after Europe. This rate is also much higher than the dividend yield of American companies. The chart below shows the comparison of Asian dividend yield to other markets: Click …
U.S. household debt reached an all-time high in the last quarter of 2017 according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The total debt owed stood at $13.15 Trillion or about $40,000 per person. Click to enlarge Source: Gold and the Global Ticking Debt Bomb, US Funds
U.S. stocks outperformed commodities in the past five years. As an asset class, commodities are always more volatile than stocks and are not suitable for most investors. Though there are many commodity derivative products such as ETFs that make investing in commodities easier, investing in commodities is not for everybody. The following chart shows the …
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One of the themes I have discussed many times on this blog is the futility of market timing. Success with equity investing involves holding stocks for the long-term which includes periods of bull markets and bear markets. The following updated infographic from Schwab shows the difference in returns between three types of investors: Click to …
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