One of the important investment concepts that investors have to always remember is the futility of trying to time the market. It is never a wise strategy to time the market – which simply means selling out at market tops and buying back at market lows and repeating the process over and over. Since this …
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The big five Canadian banks – Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Royal Bank of Canada (RY) and Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) – are excellent picks for income investors. They are slow but steady winners in the long-term especially with growing dividends. According to an article at Bloomberg, these five banks have increased …
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In an article yesterday we looked at how Australian stocks beat cash and bond since 1900. During this period there we many major political and economic events that shook Australia and the world. In general, investors have always something to worry about. For example, today it is North Korea. Just a while ago it was …
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Albert Einstein said “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world”. Compounding of interest over many years will lead to multiplication of the original principal or capital many times. The following example shows the power of compounding for various Australian asset classes: Click to enlarge Source: Five great charts on investing, AMP Capital From the above article: …
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Germany is the economic powerhouse of Europe. Unlike the consumption-driven economy of many countries such as the US, the Germany economy is export-driven. Some of the world’s largest companies are based in Germany. One way to identify the largest German companies in terms of revenue is to review the Fortune Global 500 list. The latest …
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