I recently came across the beautiful chart showing the bull and bear markets in Australian Equity Markets. This chart is similar to the chart for S&P 500 that is popular for the US markets. The Australian chart from Vanguard Australia also shows bull markets are longer than bear markets over the long term. From 1980 …
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I have written many times before on the futility of market timing. The saying that time in the market is so important than timing the market couldn’t be understated. Market timing is impossible to achieve because an investor has to be right twice. Once when they sell stocks and again when they re-enter the markets. …
One of the key factors that differentiates successful investors from others is the ability to hold investments for the long term. Though assets such as equities can fluctuate in the short term, in the long run they tend to go up. The latest edition of the Vanguard Index chart for the Australian market shows how …
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The Manufacturing industry is one of the major industries of the economy of Mexico. Manufacturing costs are cheaper in Mexico than China. In addition, Mexico offers many advantages over China with respect to manufacture of goods. The following are few of the key cost differences between Mexico and China in manufacturing according to research by …
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We reviewed The Vanguard Index Chart for Australian equities in an earlier post. In this post, let’s take a look at a similar chart for the UK market. British stocks have underperformed poorly relative to US stocks for the period from 1992 to 2021 as shown in the chart below. Since 1992, US stocks would …
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