The U.S. market has performed well this year with the S&P 500 up 11.8% as of yesterday. On the other hand, many of the other developed markets including Australia.are lower than the U.S. market.Australia’s SP/ASX 200 benchmark index is basically flat at -0.30% year-to-date. The following chart shows the long-term performance of ASX 200 against S&P 500: Click …
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Every year around this time of the year Wall Street banks, pundits, financial gurus and others engage in a ritual by publishing their stock picks for the following year. These lists must be taken with a grain of salt but they are worth taking a quick look at. Having said that, listed below are Goldman Sachs’ 32 best …
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The U.S. is the world’s largest economy with a GDP of $16.72 in 2013 based on purchasing power parity according to the the CIA World Factbook. The next largest economies are the EU, China, India and Japan in that order based on 2013 estimates. Compared to the U.S. economy, many of the developed world’s economies …
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In an article in September I wrote that the payout ratio of U.S. is on a long-term decline and is now less than 40%. The payout ratio for European companies is on an uptrend and has reached about 50%. Compared to U.S. and European companies, Japanese companies are very stingy when it comes to rewarding …
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