Gold is always a better investment than gold mining companies. This is because unlike physical gold gold miners involve more risk. For example, miners are exploration firms who do no know if and how much gold can be extracted from the ground. Even if gold is mined efficiently prices of the precious metal can be …
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The following is a neat infographic to get an introduction to emerging markets. It also provides a comparison of the MSCI and FTSE emerging market indices. Click to enlarge Note: The data in the above chart is from June, 2017. Source: Schwab
The New York Stock Exchange(NYSE) and NYSE American Exchanges are home to not just American companies but also many foreign companies. According to NYSE data, there are 502 companies from 46 countries that are listed on these two exchanges as of March 31, 2018. For investors looking to diversify and add foreign stocks to their portfolio, the …
The latest high-speed rail network map of Europe is shown in the map below: Click to enlarge The high-speed rail network map of European Union is shown in the map below: Click to enlarge Source: UIC As the maps show many of the major European cities are already connected by high-speed rail. With many lines …
The MSCI Emerging Markets Index is one of the most popular indices that track emerging markets. The index gives exposure to represents 846 large and mid cap stocks from 24 emerging markets. Many products such as ETFs and mutual funds use this index as a benchmark. For example, the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF(EEM) which has over …
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