The Dividend Withholding Tax Rates by Country sheet for 2023 has been published by S&P Global. Investors in foreign stocks can refer to this chart for finding if any withholding taxes applicable to dividends. Brazil does not withhold taxes on dividends paid out to foreign investors. Similarly other countries such as Hungary, Hong Kong, Singapore, etc. also …
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Following other annual charts posted earlier, let us review the last chart in the series on Asset Class returns for 2022 published by Novel Investor. In 2022 cash was the king with a positive return while stocks plunged. REITs were the worst with a loss of about 25%. Bonds did not offer shelter either as …
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I posted a chart on the updated Emerging Markets Returns chart earlier this year. The following is the Developed Markets Stock Returns from 2008 to 2022. The returns shown are total returns and are based on MSCI indices for the countries listed. Last Portugal was the only developed market index to end in the positive. …
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The updated version of the Periodic Table of Commodities Returns with 2022 data has been published by US Funds. Lithium was the best performing commodity last year with a return of about 73%. According to Frank Holmes of US Funds, this was the second year in a row that the “white gold” has soared to …
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US equities has one of the worst returns in recent years in 2022. Other developed markets did had similar performance as well. However some emerging markets shined. For instance, Latin American equity markets had a good year relative to their US counterparts. The following chart shows the performance of major Latin American indices in 2022 …
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