The coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the US and other countries of the world. Compared to other developed countries the virus has hit the US hardest so far in terms of total cases and deaths. Below is the latest update from the New York Times: At least 1,478 new coronavirus deaths and 54,187 new cases …
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When US investors consider overseas markets for investments they rarely consider Russia. Unlike other major emerging markets Russia does not appear on the radar of American investors because of many Note #1: Trading of Russian Companies on US Stock Exchanges Halted (Effective Feb 28, 2022) consider it to have a weak economy, a dictatorship form of …
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The consumer staples sector is one of the sectors performing very well this year. While they have not rocketed like tech stocks the usually boring part of the equity market has found new-found attraction among investors due to the coronavirus pandemic. The following chart shows the year-to-date returns of the top five stocks in the …
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The U.S. equity market accounts for just over half of the global equity market capitalization. Developed markets outside of the US, emerging and frontier markets account for 46% of the world market capitalization. So investing in just US equities will not capture the potential growth of these markets according to an article by Wes Crill …
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Gold is an important asset class that is good to own during bull and bear markets although a small portion of a well-diversified portfolio should suffice. During bull markets in equities gold may not earn high returns. However during bear markets or when uncertainty plagues the market such as now then gold is a great …
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