One of the key strategies for success in investing is diversification. It involves not just investing in various asset classes in a single country but a good diversified portfolio should include a variety of assets spread over many regions or countries. Global diversification in the equity portion of a portfolio is important since equity markets’ …
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The unemployment rate remains high especially in select European markets. For example, Germany has the lowest rate and the rates continues to decline. While the unemployment rate in Germany and Spain are declining, France and Italy it remains stubbornly high and is not declining. According to a report by Natixis, a jobless recovery is currently occurring in …
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The FTSE 100 has been a laggard this year compared to other European indices. The FTSE is up by 6.5% so far this year while the DAX, CAC 40 and others have shot up by digit percentages. This is because the FTSE is heavily concentrated in resource sector such as the oil and mining, consumer …
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The cost of college education continues to increase year-after-year. In fact, the inflation in college tuition is higher rate than other products and services including heatlhcare as shown in the chart below from one my earlier posts on this subject. Click to enlarge The chart below shows the growth of college tuition from the 1980s: …
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Buying Better:The Impossible Challenge of Ethical Shopping (Der Spiegel) An unusual UK recovery and the public debt (Invesco, UK) Demographic trends (Fidelity) Now that the annual ritual of tax season nightmare for Americans is over its time to consider The Importance of Tax-Efficient Investing (Charles Schwab) for next year. Also see How to Cut the Tax on Your Investments (WSJ) Oil …