Many emerging markets have held up well so far this year relative to their developed world peers. These markets are performing well for many reasons including rising commodity prices. Countries such as Brazil, Chile in Latin America, South Africa in EMEA and Malaysia in the Asian region are in the positive year-to-date. With that said, …
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The BBC published an article last on the gun culture in the U.S. The article listed many shocking facts. The following are three charts from that piece. The U.S. is the top civilian gun-owning country in the world with a ratio of 120.5 firearms per 100 residents. The second top country in the ranking is …
Intra-year declines in the equity markets are a common occurrence. At the risk of stating the obvious, stocks never only go up always. In any given year, stocks decline significantly though the course of the year for any number of reasons but end up the year with a positive total return. Stomach-churning volatility can shake …
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Stocks tend to yield a positive return over the long term. This is true in many equity markets of the world including Canada. From 1924 thru 2020, Canadian stocks as represented by S&P/TSX Composite Index have earned investors a positive return 73% of the time. To put it another way, positive years trump negative returns. Click …
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One of the important factors for success with investing in equities is diversification. While diversification can be done in many ways, one way investors can benefit is to own overseas stocks in addition to stocks from their local market. This is because different markets perform differently each year and also putting all assets in a …