The return on an equity investment can be grouped into two parts: dividend return and price return. Dividend return is based on dividend yield and dividend growth. While dividend yield is important dividend growth is even more important especially for investments held over many years since returns are boosted due to the effect of compounding. …
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Crude oil (Brent) futures rose gain on Friday at NYMEX and closed at $106.92 for May delivery. Gasoline prices have also followed the upward march this year and currently the average U.S. price stands at $3.51 according to Gas Buddy site.Due to geopolitical risks and other factors oil prices continue to go higher and may stay …
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China has the world’s largest population. As a developing country undergoing dramatic changes in the past few decades healthcare is one sector that is vastly under developed and offer plenty of potential for growth. Healthcare is especially interesting since millions of rural people move into large urban cities and their lifestyles change. So in this …
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The MSCI Emerging Markets Index gives exposure to large and mid-cap companies in 21 emerging markets that include: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey. At the end of 2013, the index had 824 constituents. The chart below shows the country …
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Emerging markets have not performed well so far this year. Up until a few years ago emerging markets were the place to be for global investors seeking explosive growth. But economic growth in these markets has slowed sigificnatly due to the slowdown in the Chinese economy and other factors. As a result emerging markets have …
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