The following are some of the key takeaways from a review of the 2010 performance of equity markets around the world: 1. Stock markets can rise despite low or poor economic growth. The U.S. market was a perfect example of this scenario. While the US economy continued to struggle last year with high unemployment rates, …
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Many investors tend to avoid airline stocks since the industry suffers from low earnings due to various factors such as regulations, fluctuations in fuel prices, labor issues, business disruptions due to weather like snow, volcano eruptions, flawed business models, incompetent management, etc. This is especially true in the U.S. where the industry is highly concentrated …
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Despite the recovery in global equity markets last year, some of the foreign companies with solid business models are still trading at attractive levels. Investors with a long-term horizon can add a few of these stocks selectively in phases to their portfolios for price appreciation. The following ADRs closed at under $10 as of market …
Investors can build fantastic wealth by picking winning stocks and holding them for a long time. One way to identify multi-baggers is to explore overseas markets. Hundreds of foreign stocks trade on the US markets for easy investment. Some people invest in a mutual fund or an ETF to cover a region, sector, etc. or …
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The MSCI indices are a group of indices that measure the performance of individual countries, regions, etc. ETFs and other products use these indices as benchmarks to track their performance. Hence it is important to analyze the performance of these indices at least annually. Lets take a quick look at the MSCI Index performance for …