The S&P 500 is up by 2.40% year-to-date on price return basis. Many developed European markets are ahead of the U.S. as listed below: UK’s FTSE 100: 6.4% France’s CAC 40: 18.1% Germany’s DAX Index: 16.8% Spain’s IBEX35 Index: 10.8% Among the emerging markets, China’s Shanghai Composite is up by an astonishing 37.3% so far.Brazil’s …
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The following chart shows the returns for the various MSCI single country indices: Click to enlarge Source: Blackrock It is surprising that Singapore yielded the highest annualized return in 10 years during the period shown. Ireland has been the worst performers in five years during the same period. While the MSCI German index fell by …
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Executive Pay Gluttony (Barry) (Gluttony is a sin. So.. 🙂 ) Bubble risk grows as China’s stock boom defies gravity (Business Line) Vietnam War 40 Years Later: Capitalism Trumps Ideology (Common Dreams) See also 30 April 1975: North Vietnamese forces capture Saigon (MoneyWeek) The Day Wall Street Changed (Jason Zweig, WSJ) Stick with the Winners (The Financilist) Opinion: …
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It has been many months since I wrote an article on the U.S. healthcare system. In this post lets take a look at how the U.S. system compared to 11 other developed countries. According to a report published in June last year by The Commonwealth Fund, the U.S. ranks last overall. This won’t be shock to …
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Canada vs. the U.S.: Whose retirement grass is greener? (Financial Post) The Christian Ethic… (The Hindu) The economic miracle that isn’t …On South Africa (Le monde) How much do you know about ‘the Stans’ of central Asia? – quiz (The Guardian) Progressive Finnish fines for traffic tickets? (Marginal Revolution) Many investors could do more to reduce their taxes (Vanguard Blog) …
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