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Tech Firms Dominate The World’s Top Companies By Market Value

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Silicon Valley tech companies dominate the list of the world’s top eight companies by market capitalization. The five tech firms in the list are: Apple(AAPL), Alphabet(GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Amazon (AMZN) and Facebook(FB). Old-world giants like Exxon Mobile(XOM) and Johnson & Johnson(JNJ) have lower market caps than the tech titans. Click to enlarge Source: Silicon Valley behemoths …

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Corporate Tax Rates in Select Developed Countries: Chart

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The US corporate tax rate has stayed at the 40% rate for many years now. But in many developed countries the tax rate has been been declining in the past few years as shown in the chart below: Click to tn enlarge   Source: Charles Schwab, KPMG data as of 4/26/2017. The U.S. statutory corporate …

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Should You Hold Emerging Market Stocks For The Long-Term ?

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Emerging market equities can offer substantially higher returns than developed equities due to many reasons. For instance, the economies of developing countries grow much higher and faster than developed countries.While firms in the developed world may struggle to grow their market share in the domestic market companies in the emerging world may continue to expand …

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Dividends: How Much Do They Contribute to Total Returns ?

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Dividends form an important source of return when calculating the overall total return of an equity investment. While price appreciation is not guaranteed dividends can continue to paid out by firms. Though dividends can be suspended or cut, mature high-quality companies large-cap companies do not take such actions other than in extreme circumstances. For investors …

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Knowledge is Power: Auto Industry Disruption, Democracy for Sale, Fundamental Thinking Edition

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Dividends: not just for income (Fidelity) The best democracy money can buy (The Hindu) Fundamental Thinking in an Uncertain World (Mclean Partners) These Americans moved to Canada for political reasons. They don’t regret it (The Guardian) Italy’s Struggling Economy Has World’s Healthiest People (Bloomberg) What does disruption bring to the auto industry and beyond? (Blackrock) …

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