Korean companies were not known for their dividend payouts until recently. Korea had one of the lowest dividend yields when compared to other developed countries as shown in the chart below. Though the country is a developed country technically it is considered as an emerging market by MSCI. Click to enlarge Source: When Looking For Emerging …
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In 2010 I wrote an article on the continued decline in holding periods of stocks globally. In that article I included the following chart that shows the average holding period for a given stock on the NYSE: Click to enlarge Source: Stock Holding Periods Growing Shorter On this week’s The Intelligent Investor column, Jason Zweig …
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The passenger rail industry is a major industry in many countries of the world. For example, in countries such as China, India, Russia, Japan etc. millions of people travel by trains. Similarly European countries are also connected by a wonderful network of railways. In addition to tradition railways, high-speed rail travel is also growing in …
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European stocks have soared so far this year. The STOXX® Europe 600 index is up 20.55% year-to-date and closed at 412.93 on Friday. On April 9th, the index reached a new record as shown in the chart below. The Stoxx 600 is similar to the S&P 500 benchmark index for the U.S. market. Click to enlarge …
The energy sector comprising mostly the oil industry is a major sector of the economy in certain markets than others. For example, in many emerging markets the oil companies dominate the economy. Firms such as Petronas of Malaysia, Statoil of Norway, Lukoil and others of Russia, etc. dominate the respective local economies in terms of …
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