Archive of entries posted by David Hunkar

Knowledge is Power: Oil Chart, Best Developed Market Banks, Phoney-Money Edition

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What I learned about investing from Gandhi (MoneyWeek) Are U.S. companies ‘state-owned enterprises’ ? (Canadian Business) Colonisation, the phoney-money way (Business Line) Brazil’s Middle-Class Anxiety (Bloomberg) Chart of the week: a picture of world oil (beyondbrics) World’s Best Developed Markets Banks 2013 (Global Finance) Sector Distortions Can Be Costly in Passive Investing (Alliance Bernstein)   Niagara Falls, …

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A Review of TSX Composite vs. S&P 500 Returns

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The composition of U.S. and Canadian equity markets vary widely. As a natural resources-based economy the Canadian market is concentrated by energy, mining and financial companies. The U.S. on the other hand has a very diversified economy with companies operating in pretty much every sector from manufacturing to defense technology. Hence the U.S. equity market …

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Long-Term Returns Should Be Used With Caution

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Long-term returns quoted for an investment based on decades should not be taken at face value. This is because such returns can be skewed over many years due to various reasons including bull and bear markets, economic expansion and contraction, geo-political events and so forth. Hence when reviewing a long-term return investors have to take …

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Why Wal-Mart Failed in Germany

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The American retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT) is the largest employer not only in the U.S. but in the world. In the U.S. the company’s thousands of huge stores can be called as the “Cathedrals of Capitalism” where millions of people shop every day.The lowest-prices offered by Wal-Mart is the key that keeps Americans …

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Knowledge is Power: Greece, Flying, Emigration Edition

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EM sell-off may have further to run (beyondbrics) World’s Largest Oil and Gas Companies (Petro Strategies) Europeans emigrating in droves (MarketWatch) Which of the emerging economies is afraid of higher interest rates? (Deutsche Bank Research) Greece first developed market cut to ‘emerging’ status after 83% stock plunge (Financial Post) Global Report: The uncomfortable truth about Bangladesh (Canadian Business) Carmignac Gestion …

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