FE Trustnet recently published a research report listing the most popular UK income stocks held by UK Equity Income Funds. The 20 stocks in the list are all members of the FTSE 100 index. According to the report, AstraZeneca, Centrica and Imperial Tobacco are the highest-conviction plays among UK Equity Income managers. The most popular UK …
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One of ways to profit from the growth of oil industry in the U.S. is to invest in companies that supply the tools and services needed by the industry. This strategy is similar to the one followed by some investors that became rich by investing in picks and shovels rather than the gold miners during …
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Investors rushed into bonds in 2012 pushing the yield on the 10-year US Treasury bonds to under 2%, their lowest level since George Washington was president. Click to enlarge Source: Desperately Seeking Safety, Seth J. Masters, Alliance Bernstein From the research report by Seth: These extraordinarily low yields primarily reflect the Federal Reserve’s concerted efforts in recent …
I recently came across an article on frontier markets in which Franklin Templeton’s Carlos von Hardenberg, the deputy manager of the $1.2bn Templeton Frontier Markets fund stated that for sky-high returns investors should consider frontier markets. According to him, investors focusing on just the emerging markets for growth are missing the opportunities in frontier markets. However this trend seems to …
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Japan has the highest debt to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the developed world. Late last year, Japan’s sovereign debt exceeded over 200% of the GDP. At that time, the OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria commented that Japan’s debt load was in “Uncharted Territory”. However unlike most countries in the developed world, 90% of Japanese government debt …
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