Money Managers Bleed Cash After Investors Pull Billions (Bloomberg) The Devastating Cost of Monetized Elections (Common Dreams) Health Care’s Continental Divide (Bloomberg) No country for outliers (The Hindu) Why Your Portfolio Needs Plenty of Stocks, Whatever Your Age (NY Times) The decline of “shareholder capitalism” (MoneyWeek) The Oil Rout’s Surprise Victims (Jason Zweig, WSJ) What to do with …
The dividend yield of the S&P 500 is around 2%. This has stayed around the 2% mark for many years. I have mentioned many times before that this low compared to other countries. In addition to that the payout ratio of the US firms is also low. Hence investors looking for income are wise to …
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Gold prices have declined greatly in the past few years. From a peak of over $1,800 a few years ago it has now fallen to about $1,115 this past Friday. Click to enlarge Source: Kitco The current bear market is in- line with past bear markets. The following table the shows the duration of the past …
The world’s tallest building is currently being built in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The tower will over 1 KM in height reach beyond the clouds with its 167 floors. Click to enlarge Source: Saudi City of Jeddah Aims to Build World’s Tallest Tower,WSJ, Feb 2, 2016 In general, s skyscraper is defined a building with over 40 floors. …
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One of the key questions that linger on emerging market investors is: When will emerging markets turn into developed markets? An emerging market technically means it is emerging and at some point in the future will reach the developed market status. However that does always work out that way.In fact, some call emerging markets as …
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