A few years ago I wrote a post on how the largest companies change over time and it was well received by readers. Going back to that theme, in this post let’s take a took at how global banks also change over time. To put it another way, no company or bank tend to be …
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The S&P 500 is up a decent 11.52% on price-return basis as of yesterday August 8, 2024 despite the sell-off in the markets last week. The annualized return over the past 5 years is 12.61%. The tech sector as represented by Information Technology and Communication Services accounts for just over 40% of the index as …
The U.S. lags many regions of the world in terms of dividend yields. Hence investors looking for income can find better opportunities outside of the country. The dividend yields on US stocks have been on the decline for many years now due to tax policy and other factors. Currently the yield on the S&P 500 …
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Colombian oil major Ecopetrol(EC) will pay its 2nd dividend payment for the year later this month. The Ex-Dividend Date for the ADR is June 24th and the dividend will be paid on July 3rd. The Dividend amount is 3,120 Colombian pesos per DR. So at today’s exchange rate this would amount to $0.805 per DR. …
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U.S. Global Investors published updated version of The Periodic Table of Commodities Returns chart with 2023 data earlier this year. Gold was the top performer last year with a return of over 13%. The worst performer was Lithium with a loss of about 82% as the craze for EV demand cooled last year. Copper prices …
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