Many investors focus on the price return of the S&P 500 index when they consider their investment return Instead investors ought to pay attention to the total return which includes dividends reinvested. The total return of the index can especially be much higher the price return when looking at many years. This is because of …
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I have written many times before that time in the market is more critical than timing the market. When markets are volatile such as these days it is tempting to sell out everything to cut down the losses and then buy back at a later date when prices are at their lowest. Though this strategy …
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The US economy is headed towards a recession next year according to an article in the journal today. Economic contractions lead to job losses, firms earning lower profits, consumers cutting spending and other adverse affects. One of the key questions on investors’ mind is how long the recession will last. Since equities have already declined …
Inflation is bad because it reduces the real purchasing power of money. To put it another way, inflation makes the value of the dollar worth less. Central banks around the world are fighting hard to tame inflation. I recently came across an article that showed how inflation hurt the real purchasing power of the Australian …
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On Jan 8, 2020 a commercial airliner flying from Tehran to Kyiv, operated by Ukraine International Airlines was shot down by Iranian military in a case of mistaken identity. This caused the tragic deaths of 167 passengers and 9 crew members. The following infographic shows of the other major airliner shoot down incidents in history: …
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