Page Updated: Mar 31, 2018 The FTSE/JSE All-Share Index is the leading benchmark of the South African equity market. It contains 165 companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) based on market capitalization. The dividend yield of the index as of Dec 31, 2013 was 2.72%. The Top 10 Holdings and the weights in the index …
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Dividend-paying stocks generally beat non-dividend paying stocks in the long run. However stocks that grow their dividends outperform dividend-payers in the long-term due to the effect of compounding and rising dividends. The graph below shows that dividend growers outperform dividend payers in terms of total returns over the long run: Click to enlarge Source: Earning dividend …
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The South American country of Bolivia is bordered by Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Peru. The country has a population of over 10.4 million. Here is a brief overview on the economy of Bolivia from CIA’s The World Factbook site: Bolivia is one of the poorest and least developed countries in Latin America. Following a …
The city state of Singapore is one of the developed markets in Asia. Unlike its neighboring country of Malaysia, Singapore had a strong political system since its independence that helped transform its economy into a highly industrialized economy on par with the developed world. As a major trading hub of global trade with a top …
I wrote an article titled Can the U.S. Become the Mecca of Manufacturing Again? back in May 2012. In the article noted why Caterpillar (CAT) shut down its plant in London, Ontario and moved it to Muncie, Indiana and that places like Greenville/Spartanburg corridor in South Carolina are emerging as the Mecca of manufacturing in the U.S quoting a …
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