The S&P 500 is up 5.05% YTD. But the financial sector component in the index has increased by 10.3%. Many of the beaten down banks have recovered nicely in the past year and continue to gain further traction. Some of the community bank stocks currently offer high dividends. The following is a list of 33 …
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Last week Jason Zweig discussed about the popping of the tech bubble ten years ago in the article When Bubble Burst: Companies Won, Investors Lost. From the article: “The Internet did change business forever, just as investors had predicted. And a handful of technology companies did strike it rich. But by far the biggest beneficiaries …
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The current yield on the S&P 500 is just over 2%. Last year the yield was 2%. Many foreign markets offer higher dividend yields than the U.S. This is especially true with most developed countries. In 1979, the S&P 500 had a 5.53% yield. But since 1990, it has steadily decreased and reached a low …
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In this post, let me list some of the Tier 1 gold miners and a few copper miners. But before we get into the list, here are some interesting facts about gold: US Gold Reserves totaled 8,133.5 tons in September 2008, accounting for 76.5% of its forex reserves Japan holds 765.2 tons of gold which …
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Special report: Are the days of “big gold” over? As cash pressures mount, gold majors move to mine the markets, which are proving more lucrative than the mining of gold. Built on a Lie – The Fundamental Flaw of Europe’s Common Currency A new forecast from RBC Economics says Canada’s economy is poised for real …
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