Investors should not panic and sell their holdings during times of extreme volatility in equity markets especially due to a global crisis. I wrote an article earlier this year discussing why panic selling is not good. During times of times of a crisis it is best to stay clam and not do anything. I wrote a couple of …
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European and US equity markets are very volatile this year.While the S&P 500 had a solid double digit growth last year,the index is having a rocky ride this year. The year-to-date price returns of some of the major developed and emerging benchmark indices are listed below: S&P 500 Index: 0.9% UK’s FTSE 100: -1.8% France’s CAC 40: 3.2% Germany’s DAX …
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The banking industry in Canada and Australia are similar in many ways. For example, a handful of banks dominate the market in both the countries and hence competition is minimal. However in terms of returning profits to shareholders, Aussie banks fare better than Canadian banks according to a report by Moody’s and quoted in a Financial …
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Income investors hunting for dividend stocks can find plenty of potential opportunities in Asia.In identifying dividend stocks country selection is also important in addition to finding the right company. This is because not all countries in Asia are known for having strong dividend-paying cultures. Fund manager Yu Zhang of Matthews Asia Dividend Fund, Matthews Asia addressed this point in …
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Equity markets in some developed Europe have performed very well so far this year compared to the U.S. market. Stocks in a few of the hard-hit economies of the recent past have rebounded sharply. For example, the year-to-date price returns of the MSCI index for Ireland, Italy, Portugal are 11.1%, 10.95% and 7.44% respectively. The MSCI index …
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