The Fast Company magazine has published the list of the world’s 50 most innovative companies for 2011. Innovation is critical to the success of most businesses especially in this fast-changing highly competitive environment. The magazine mentioned the following with the introduction of the list: An artificial heart and its lightweight power drive. A better airline …
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The majority of the states in the U.S. are running deficits and hence are cutting government services when they are desperately needed by the middle and the lower classes in this sluggish economy. While the causes for the budget shortfalls are many, one of the main reason is that public workers at the state and …
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Canada offers unique advantages over other developed countries. For example, unlike most European countries the country is blessed with many natural resources that emerging markets like China need, a stable banking system, democratic political system and proximity to the U.S., the world’s largest consumer market. An article in the Financial Times notes that the Canadian …
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There are many reasons to invest in dividend-paying stocks.One of reasons is dividends form the largest portion of the total return on an investment. This is especially true when stocks are held for the long-term. The following chart shows that “the contribution to total return for each of the components of equity returns for the …
Some investors believe that economic growth always leads to higher stock market returns. However this is not always the case. A recent report in The Wall Street Journal by Peter Stein confirms this point again quoting research by Nomura and Professor Jay R.Ritter of the University of Florida. From the report titled “Growth Doesn’t Always …
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