The tech sector used to be a growth only sector many years ago. They did not pay any dividends. At the height of the dot com boom many tech companies made no profits at all. So dividend payments were out of the question. Since investors were looking for mostly growth they did not worry about earning …
In an earlier post we looked at the products offered by the tech giants. The following infographic shows how these companies make their money: Click to enlarge Source: Visual Capitalist Basically Google’s parent Alphabet(GOOG) and Facebook(FB) are giant advertising companies. Disclosure: No Positions
In a post yesterday I discussed about the elevated levels of US stocks. In today’s article let us take a look at how emerging stocks are cheaper compared to US stocks based on a recent research report. From a research report by Charlie Wilson,Phd , Portfolio Manager at Thornburg Investment Management: Despite the improvement in …
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The U.S. stock market as measured by the S&P 500 has soared over 300% since the trough reached in March, 2009 at the peak of the Global Financial Crisis. The current bull market is one of the longest in history and valuations remain elevated according to an article by Manning & Napier Advisors. They predict that …
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Gold is an important asset class to own in a diversified portfolio. Because of its low co-relation to other assets and other factors holding some gold protects a portfolio especially during downward market moves. Since gold does not produce income such as a dividend it does not mean one should avoid them. According to World …
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