Emerging markets have performed well so far this year with countries like India, Brazil, Mexico, etc. up by double digit percentage points. Unlike developed markets, emerging markets tend to me more volatile in terms of returns from year over year. The chart below shows the returns of emerging countries from 2003: Click to enlarge …
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Generally most investors aim achieve their long-term goal with equity investing with capital appreciation of their holdings. Only some of the investors pay attention to dividend yield and dividend growth in the long-term. While there are many reasons for this situation, one of the main factor is that growth stocks tned to have solid and …
US household debt has reached a new high of $12.8 Trillion. This figure exceeds the debt levels reached in 2008 at the height of the Global Financial Crisis(GFC). A strong economy with low unemployment rates is allowing American consumers to take on more debt. As a results debts of all types from credit cards to …
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Some of the constiuents of the CAC-40 index have low exposure to the domestic market. Similar to major firms in the FTSE-100, some large French firms derive most of their revenues from markets outside of France. Hence stock performance of these firms is more dependent on overseas economies than France. The following chart from a …
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The Corporate Income Tax is the highest in the US among OECD member nations. In 2017 the rate stood at 39.1%. Globally this rate is the second highest after Colombia according to a report by the Tax Foundation. The chart below shows the Corporate Income Tax by Country 2017 and 2017 for select countries: Click to …
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