Gold is a Great Asset To Own Especially During Periods of High Market Volatility

Gold is an important asset to own in a well-diversified portfolio. Gold offers portfolio protection especially during periods of high volatility in equity markets or crises. This is because when equities crash gold generally rises and hence offers stability to a portfolio. Since gold as an asset class does not produce income such as dividends …

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The Periodic Table of Annual Returns For Canadians – From 2010 To 2020

The Periodic Table of Annual Returns in Canadian Dollars from 2010 to 2020 is shown below. In 2020 the TSX index returned 5.6% compared to 16.1% for the S&P 500 in Canadian Dollar terms. Click to enlarge Credits: Many thanks to Norbert Schlenker at Libra Investment Management for collecting the data that this calculator uses. Original …

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Research Study: Countries with Loose Rule-Breaking Cultures Have Been Hit Harder by Covid

A fascinating article  in The Guardian yesterday discussed why the Coronavirus hit some countries harder than others was published based on a research study. According to the author, Michele Gelfand of professor at the University of Maryland Covid was deadlier in countries with “loose” relaxed attitude towards rule-breakers. Most of the countries the western world fall in …

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