In the past few years ETF providers have listed many Shariah-compliant funds in Europe and U.S. exchanges. These ETFs invest in companies that follow the principles of Islam. Today I came the another religious-themed ETFs named db X-trackers STOXX Europe Christian Index ETF that trades on the London Stock Exchange. This ETF tracks the performance …
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The chart below shows the performance of the various Russell Global Index Sectors from 2000 thru 2010: Click to enlarge Source: Russell Investments Some observations: Due to the boom in commodity markets in the past decade materials and processing has been one of the consistent top performing sector. Since the credit crisis, the technology sector …
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The chart below shows the performance of the various Russell Global Market Cap Indices from 1999 thru 2010: Click to enlarge Source: Russell Investments Some observations: In the period shown, emerging market small caps have been the best performers in most years. For most years, developed market large caps have been the weakest …
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The Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns Chart for the period 1984-2003 is shown below: Click to enlarge Source: Callan Associates For the Callan charts of 2010 click here.
The demand for electricity continues to grow in China as surging economic growth creates a rising middle-class. With the largest population in the world, naturally the growing number of middle-class Chinese consume more energy. This is especially true with electricity since higher sales of consumer electronics, household appliances increases power demand. In addition to demand …
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