India has been a low-yielding country in terms of dividends historically. So global investors looking for income are better avoiding Indian equities. As an emerging market, India is well-suited for finding growth-oriented stocks as opposed to dividend stocks. The chart below shows the historical yield comparison of India and other indices: Click to enlarge Source: …
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The Fed raised the interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade. Overall this year has been another turbulent year for investors to say the least. The following infographic shows some of the key events: Click to enlarge Source: Schroders
Traditional Finance is based on the hypothesis that investors are totally rational and that they make their decisions based on all the available information. Behavioral Finance on the other hand is based on the evidence that real investors are not rational and that they are prone to behavioral biases. In lay man’s terms this simply …
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Oil prices have declined dramatically in the past year and continue to fall further. West Texas Intermediate crude is trading at around $36 a barrel compared to over $50 a while ago. Last week crude prices reached the lowest level in six years. A confluence of factors are attributed to the oil price collapse some of …
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Europe is home to some of the world’s top healthcare firms. Though all European countries have national healthcare systems, healthcare is still a big business worth billions of Euros. Drug firms for instance sell their products at a significant margin to health agencies. In addition, many European drug firms have substantial presence in emerging and …
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