The automotive industry is one of the largest industries in the UK providing jobs to hundreds of thousands of workers and involving billions of pounds in economic activity. At the end o 2019, there were 7 major luxury and sports car manufacturers in the country. Some of the top British brands include Aston Martin, Bentley, …
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The MSCI Emerging Markets Index is one of the most popular indices for tracking the performance of emerging markets. Many ETFs and mutual funds are benchmarking against this index. The index is comprised of 1,424 companies across 24 emerging markets. The performance of the index relative to the MSCI World and MSCI ACWI indices over from May,2006 …
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The Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) is one of the largest ETFs currently trading on the US market. The fund provider celebrated the 20th anniversary of this successful ETF in May. The ETF cover the total market covering large, mid and small cap growth and value stocks. Currently the fund has an asset base of …
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The S&P 500 is up about 13% so far this year. In the first quarter US equity markets had a smooth sailing. However volatility returned in the second quarter with last week had four down days in a row. Fear of rising interest rates and inflation caused market participants to evaluate the strength of the …
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