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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The World Economic Forum 2017 holds it annual meeting of the global elite in Davos, Switzerland. This meeting is for the wealthy and powerful to get together in a beautiful country to talk about all the world’s problems among themselves and with the media. To coincide with this pow pow, British charity Oxfam released a report …
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UK-based tobacco giant British American Tobacco PLC(BTI) has announced a stock split in the ratio of 2:1 with a ADR Record Date of 02/06/17. The ADR closed at $115.21 on Friday. Last year, competitor Imperial Brands PLC(IMBBY) had a 2 for 1 stock split. 5-year return chart: Click to enlarge Source: Google Finance As a sin …
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Update: The Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns 1998-2017 Callan Associates has published their “The Periodic Table of Investment Returns for 2016”. This fascinating chart shows the returns of various of classes such as stocks, bonds, US and foreign stocks, etc. The importance of diversification among asset classes is vividly illustrated by the Callan chart each year. The Callan Periodic …
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In the world of stock market investing, cutting losses is more important than holding on to gains. The courage to cut and protect remaining capital is especially critical when a stock plunges heavily leading to sever losses in portfolio. It is much easier for anybody to hold on to stocks that continue to go higher. …