Many countries allow dual citizenship allowing people to take advantage of the best of both worlds. For instance one country may offer excellent job opportunities and earning potential while another country may have better climate or social safety net during retirement. The following infographic shows the countries that allow dual citizenship and other details such …
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The US equity market is one of the best in the world in terms of returns. In the past 151 years, the US stock market has produced an average return of 8.4% per year. The following chart shows the annual real total returns from 1822 to 2022: Click to enlarge Source: U.S. Stock Market Returns …
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Some countries in the world do not have their own currency. It could be because their economies are too small or some other factors. For instance, a few countries in West and Central Africa use the West African CFA franc and the Central African CFA franc respectively. These countries are former colonies of France and …
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Emerging market equities have been some of the worst performers in recent years. From political chaos to corruption and everything in between many of these markets have let down investors. Hence many investors have avoided emerging markets like the plague. According to an article at iShares, over the past 5 years as of September, 2022 …
Diversification among asset classes is one of the simplest and easiest ways to reduce risk and increase stability to a portfolio. As no one asset class can top the returns every year it is important to diversify. The following chart shows the returns of various asset classes from 2002 to 2021. Large-cap US growth stocks …
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