China has come a long way since the early part of the 20th century. From a rural “backward” country China has transformed its economy in the 70 years since 1949 to become the world’s second largest economy. While other communist countries collapsed and converted to democracy, China followed a different approach called “Market Socialism”. In …
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One of the myth that is common among investors is that ALL the best stocks in the world are in the U.S. Nothing could be further from the truth. While it is correct that overall US stocks have performed very well in the past few years outperforming their foreign peers this does not mean the …
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The current market capitalization of Apple(AAPL) is $1.53 Trillion in US Dollars. This is equivalent to approximately $2.16 Trillion Australian Dollars. The entire market capitalization of the Australian domestic market capitalization is ~A$1.9 Trillion. Source: Market Index The below chart shows the long-term growth of Apple(AAPL): Click to enlarge Source: Yahoo Finance Disclosure: No Positions
Europe is a fertile ground for income seeking investors. Relative to US firms. European firms generally tend to have higher dividend payouts. However when picking European dividend stocks it is important to be aware of the concentration risk as more than 50% of the total dividends is paid out firms in just 3 sectors. These …
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The US equity markets as represented by the S&P 500 has performed very well so far this year despite the dramatic selloff in late first quarter. The S&P 500 is down just 3.09% year-to-date on price return basis. However the market has become more highly concentrated with a handful of firms doing the heavy lifting. …
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