US equity markets are expensive relative to other markets of the world based on the CAPE ratio according to research by Schroders UK. US stocks have been expensive for more than a decade as shown in the chart below. As the market is concentrated in tech, soaring tech stocks have accounted for the majority of …
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Dividends play an important role in the total return of an equity investment. Dividend’s role is especially powerful over the long-term due to the power of compounding. The following two charts show how much dividends are critical using the example of the S&P 500 index. I have posted these charts before but these are the …
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Apple(AAPL) launched its latest iPhone model, the iPhone 15 earlier this month. Investors in Apple are eagerly waiting to see if this version would be a huge success or a failure. In the US, the mobile phone carriers will be helping push the model on to consumers through various deals. So the success or lack …
The tax treatment of Electric Vehicles(EVs) varies by state in the US. Some states give credit while others penalize consumers for purchasing EVs. Some pretend to be neutral by charging both the penalty and offering a credit. Consumers get a credit of $7,500 for qualified EV purchases from the Federal government. But at the state …
Inflation in the US continues to remain stubbornly high. Currently the annual inflation rate is at 3.7% based on June data. This rate is still higher than the Fed target rate of 2%. The actual inflation rate that a consumer sees such as food, insurance premiums, etc. have risen to astonishing levels in the years …
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