The U.S. equity market accounts for just over half of the global equity market capitalization. Developed markets outside of the US, emerging and frontier markets account for 46% of the world market capitalization. So investing in just US equities will not capture the potential growth of these markets according to an article by Wes Crill …
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Gold is an important asset class that is good to own during bull and bear markets although a small portion of a well-diversified portfolio should suffice. During bull markets in equities gold may not earn high returns. However during bear markets or when uncertainty plagues the market such as now then gold is a great …
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The average holding period for US stocks has been declining for many years now. In the 1940s the average duration was 7 years. By the turn of this century it had fallen to below 1 year according to an article I wrote in 2010. A recent study earlier this year by researchers at MFS showed …
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