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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US equity markets fell yesterday with the Dow down 1.68% and the S&P 500 off by 1.33%. After a few years of smooth sailing investors are suddenly facing the gyrations of a volatile market. A myriad of reasons are being thrown around for the shift in market directions including rising interest rates, valuation concerns, extreme …
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The Canadian stock market has been one of the worst performing markets in the world in the past decade according to a recent article in The Globe and Mail. One of the main reasons from the poor performance of Canadian stocks relative to their American peers is the global crash in commodity prices. From the …
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