Innovation is one of the important attribute’s of the world’s leading companies. High investment in research and development (R&D) leads to great innovation. Hence one way to evaluate top quality firms is to focus on their R&D budgets. Firms that lag in innovation are easily left behind in today’s hyper competitive market. Highly successful firms …
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The following is the Periodic Table of U.S. Equity Investment Returns from 1999 thru 2018. It shows the annual returns of various US equity indices such as the S&P 500, Russell 1000, Russell 3000, etc. in the order of performance: Click to enlarge Source: The Periodic Table Collection – 20th Anniversary Edition, Callan Institute In the …
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Investors looking to invest in the equity market of China have a multitude of options. The simplest way is go with the ADRs of Chinese firms trading on the US markets. However one can also invest via the H-Shares which are Chinese firms listed on the Hong Kong Stocks exchange. There are also other types …
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Gold is a safe heaven asset class. During adverse market conditions for stocks gold tend to perform better and vice versa. To put it another way, bear market in stocks can be bull market for gold and vice versa. The following chart shows the long-term return of Gold vs. S&P 500: Click to enlarge Source: Is …
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The economy of Canada is mainly natural resources based whereas the US economy is well diversified. Accordingly materials and energy are two of the major sectors in the benchmark TSX Index. The following chart shows the total returns and sector weights in the benchmark index of Canada and the US: Click to enlarge Note: …