“I got nothing against the press” (Vanguard Blog for Advisors) Will Rising U.S. Debt Levels Keep the Fed On Hold? (Schwab) Is South Africa the next Brazil? (Money Observer) What Will Drive the Next Emerging-Market Supercycle? (AB Blog) The House View: The Building Blocks of Diversification (Salient) Natural Capital: What Is the True Cost of Food? (Der Spiegel) The …
London-based Lafferty Group released a new ranking of global banks based on a variety of factors. This list has many surprises. Here is a brief description of the methodology used: Using quantitative and qualitative criteria and looking at areas such as strategy, culture, customer care, brand promise and financial performance, Lafferty Group uses the banks’ annual …
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“So far from God and so close to the US” – former Mexican President Porfírio Díaz Mexico’s economy is closely tied to the US. So when US economy is in expansion mode Mexican economy grows and vice versa. Due to the close proximity to the US, Mexico is permanently in a better position in terms …
Dividend yields are generally higher overseas relative to the U.S. market. In the U.S. investors and management tend to prefer high share prices while in other developed economies investors prefer both moderate price appreciation and high dividend payments. The following chart shows the Average Stock Dividend Yields in G-20 countries: Click to enlarge Source: The Dividend Signal Uncovering …
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Credit Suisse published the popular Global Investment Returns Yearbook for 2016 last month. The report contains a wealth of data especially from a long-term and country-specific perspective. The following is a sample chart from the report. It shows the relative shows of the equity markets by country at the end of 1899 and 2015: Click to …
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