Archive of entries posted by David Hunkar

US Stocks Outperformed Foreign Stocks Under Former US President Obama

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US stocks performed extremely well under former President Obama easily beating foreign stocks as the chart from yesterday’s journal shows below. During his rule, the S&P 500 returned an annualized return of 16.3% including dividends despite a lackluster economic growth. Foreign stocks as represented by MSCI Emerging and World Ex-US indices lagged in performance especially …

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The World’s 10 Longest Metro Networks

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The Second Avenue subway line opened as part of the New York subway system recently. Though the New York Subway network is vast, it is not the longest in the world. The following is a neat graphic showing the top 10 longest metro networks and also ridership figures: Click to enlarge Source: What’s the Nearest Subway Stop?, …

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S&P 500 Price Returns vs. Earnings Per Share Over Long-Term: Chart

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Equity prices follow earnings. While in the short-term a company’s stock may fluctuate wildly due to any number of reasons, the stock price will follow earnings. So if earnings per share continue to grow year after year the stock price will also go higher. The following chart shows the relationship between S&P 500 price returns …

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Two Sectors That Offer Potential Growth Opportunities

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Investors looking for growth stocks can consider the oilfield service sector and the auto-parts sector.In this post, let us look at some of the reasons why these sectors look attractive now and how to gain from the potential growth offered by these sectors. After years of stagnant to no-growth companies operating in the oilfield service industry …

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