US equity markets were up big yesterday. However we are still in a bear market and after weeks of down days it was more of a relief rally. Moreover volume was lower than average for a few stocks I looked at. Stocks going up on low volumes is not a strong indicator of the strength …
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BNY Mellon has published another update on Russian ADR programs. The notice specifically discusses their understanding on the Russian DR Delisting Law passed in April this year. You can check the below screenshots for more details or visit their site directly. Click to enlarge Source: BNY Mellon
We looked at the case for staying invested in foreign stocks in an earlier post. In this post, let’s review a chart showing the importance of staying invested in US stocks as represented by the S&P 500. From 1992, though the index has had many years of big intra-year declines, the S&P 500 had positive …
I have written many times in the past on the importance for staying invested for the long haul. Having patience and staying focused on the long-term goals is especially difficult during adverse market conditions such as the bear market we are currently in. Simply quitting the market by selling everything and staying on the sidelines …
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Novel Investor has updated the sector returns chart for the S&P 500 for the first half of year 2022. This chart shows the annual returns of the various sectors of the S&P 500 together with the current year data. With bear market raging across the equity market, the best performing sector this year has been …
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