The S&P 500 is up by a 13.51% year-to-date. Though it has come down a bit from the peak in summer it is still a decent return. However a substantial portion of the returns have come from the top 7 stocks in the next dubbed as the ‘Magnificent Seven’. These are Apple(AAPL), Amazon(AMZN), Microsoft(MSFT), Alphabet …
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The Morningstar Andex chart for the US equity market is one powerful one-page that packs a ton of information for investors. The chart shows the growth of $1 from 1926 to 2022 in various asset classes. It also other useful information such as economic expansions and contractions, S&P P/E, inflation and interest rates, geo-political events, …
The top five best and worst performing and emerging equity markets from 2003 to 2022 are shown in the chart below. In 2022, Turkey was the best performer as the country recovered from economic and currency crisis. Chile came in at second followed by Brazil. From 2003, we can observer at least one country from …
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One of the strategies for success with investing in stocks is diversification. It is probably the easiest way to reduce risk while allowing room to capture any profit potential. The most popular chart that visually demonstrates the importance of diversification is The Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns. Similar to the performance variance of sectors …
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Corporate tax rates vary across the countries in Europe. Some countries have friendly corporate tax regimes while others do not. According to the Tax Foundation, Portugal has the worst corporate taxes while Latvia and Estonia have the best rates. Click to enlarge Source: Comparing Europe’s Tax Systems: Corporate Taxes, Tax Foundation A short excerpt from …
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