Inequality in the United States of America(USA), as measured by the Gini Coefficient, is the highest among developed countries. Inequality has always been high in the US. However in the years since 2000, it has increased sharply to much higher levels. Since the US follows the capitalist system of government, inequality will always be high when …
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David Kempton: a six-pack of stocks for 2016 (CityWire, UK) and David Kempton: a six-pack of stocks for 2016 (MarketWatch) Defense budgets swell as countries fight terror (Marketwatch) Could 2016 Be the Year for Emerging Equities?(AB Blog) Canada’s 50 most important economic charts for 2016 (Canadian Business) The outlook for emerging market stocks in a lower-growth world (Vanguard) Equities: US …
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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