The best time to invest in stocks is when blood is running on the street. Or to put it another way bear markets are great time to pick up quality names at cheap prices. While everything is falling day after day it takes courage to jump into the waters. While buying stocks when prices are …
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The world’s 1,200 largest firms by market capitalization paid out $1.26 Trillion in 2020 according to the Janus Henderson Global Dividend Index report recently. In the best case scenario Janus Henderson forecasts an increase of 5% in dividends this year. For the first time since 2015, the world’s top dividend payer was not a oil major …
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Diversification is one of the simplest ways to be successful in equity investing. Diversification can take many forms. For example, one can hold a mix of stocks, bonds, gold, real estate and cash. Or it is possible to diversify across many types of equities such as domestic and foreign or emerging, developed and frontier markets. …
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Minimum wages vary widely across the 27 member nations of the European Union. As expected wages are high in the western part of the EU and lower in the eastern countries. Luxembourg has the highest monthly minimum wage at 2,202 Euros whereas the lowest rate is in Bulgaria at just 332 Euros. Among the east …
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The Social Security is one of the main public pension system for retired Americans. Despite the presence of contribution-based retirement plans such as 401Ks, individual retirements plans, widespread popularity of equity investments including mutual funds, the good old social security payment from Uncle Sam supports a big portion of the living expenses of retired people. …