The average bull market in Australian equities lasted for 65 months and the average bear market lasted for 14 months based on Australian All Ordinaries Index returns from1970 to end of June, 2022. The average bull market return was 157% and average bear market decline was 29%. Click to enlarge Source: Market Insights, Bull and …
Continue reading ‘Australian Bull and Bear Markets From 1970 to June 2022: Chart’ »
Healthcare spending in the US is the highest in the world. On a per capita basis the US spends more than any other OECD country as the below chart shows. In 2021, the US spent $12,318 per per person in healthcare spending. The second highest among OECD countries was Germany at $7,383 followed by Switzerland. …
Continue reading ‘Comparing U.S. Healthcare Spending to Other OECD Countries’ »
The chart below shows the total returns for major asset classes for the past 30 years from 1993 to June 2022 from an Australian market perspective. The chart again proves the importance of diversification. Only in rare occurrences, have the winning asset in one year is also the winner the following year. Click to enlarge …
One of the best ways to build wealth with equities is to invest in growth stocks. Most growth-oriented generally do not pay any dividends as their focus is on growing. Some of the current popular growth stocks include the likes of Tesla(TSLA), Amazon(AMZN), Nvidia(NVDA), Apple(AAPL), Alphabet(GOOG), Facebook(FB), etc. However the main issue with this strategy …
Continue reading ‘On The Astonishing Power of Dividend Growers: Three Case Studies’ »
I came across the below interesting infographic on EV sales by country in the past decade. China has hundreds of companies making hundreds of EV models. EV sales has also soared there in recent years. US and Europe are yet to catch up with China. Despite incentives and high gas prices, the US is behind …
Continue reading ‘10 Years of Global EV Sales by Country: Infographic’ »