U.S. stocks have performed well at least so far this year. The S&P 500 is up over 18%. It remains to be seen if these gains hold through the rest of the year. Markets have become more volatile this month and fears of a correction are getting louder every day. International equities are also having …
Gold is an important asset class to own in a well-diversified portfolio. However investors always wonder if gold is better than assets like stocks bonds, stocks and commodities. Gold is also known to be a great asset to beat the raves of inflation. An article in the journal last month noted that gold has underperformed …
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The Australian stock market has had many up and down months since 1875. However over the long term since that year the market has gone higher. The number of up months has been more than the number of down months. The following chart shows the performance of the Australian stock market since 1875: Click to …
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The S&P 500 closed at 4,458 on Friday. The index is up over 20% as of last Friday’s close and has reached 54 records so far this year. The P/E ratio stands at over 34, well above the historic levels at around 20. At current levels, US stocks are expensive indeed. However that does not …
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Vanguard Australia has published the 2021 Vanguard Index Chart. This powerful chart shows the importance of long-term investing and the benefits of diversification over various asset classes. In the long run, US stocks beat Australian stocks and other investment types. An A$10K investment on July 1, 1991 would have grown to over A$217K if invested …
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