The bull market in US stocks continues to move ever higher. After a short lull during the summer months and big decline last year, investors are bidding up tech stocks like there is no tomorrow. Artificial Intelligence(AI) is just one of the latest technological innovations that is driving these stocks. However investors have to remain …
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The S&P 500 is up over 18% YTD. The tech-heavy NASDAQ Composite has shot up by about 36% YTD. Overall US equity markets have recovered strongly from the crash of 2022. However we may not be out of the woods yet. This is not a bull market. High interest rates are projected to remain high …
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The Finnish Center for Pensions has updated their global retirement age chart for 2022. As in the previous version, the average retirement age in the EU is 65 but is set to increase in 67 in some countries due to higher life expectancy and other factors. Countries such as the Canada, Finland, Norway, Sweden and …
The S&P 500 is up by over 17% year-to-date on price return basis. In the past 5 year, the index has had an annualized return of 10.52% which is very good. Though equity markets are soaring after a brief lull for the past few months it is always important to keep an eye on the …
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I have written many times in the past on the impact geopolitical crises on equity markets. The overwhelming research shows that markets are more driven by other factors such as earnings, interest rates, inflation, recession, etc. than crisis events. You can find some of the past posts here and here and here and here. Recently …
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