S&P Global has updated the Dividend Withholding Tax Rates by Country sheet for 2022.This one-pager is very useful for ADR investors that pay dividends. Countries such as Singapore, UK, Malaysia, etc. do not withhold any taxes on dividends paid out to non-residents on stock only. Though the rate for Canada is noted as 25% in this table, …
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Technology stocks are off to rough start this year. The tech-heavy NASDAQ Composite Index is down 4.8% so far this year. The S&P 500 on the other hand is off only 2.2%. Since late last year many technology stocks are in a downward trend. The market breadth is also not good for NASDAQ. For example, …
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Bank stocks are hot again. With the planned increase in interest rates by the Federal Reserve the market is betting that banks are bound to benefit. Banks’ earnings would go higher as the Net Interest Margin (NIM) would rise. NIM is the difference in interest paid out to depositors and the interest received by banks …
Diversification among asset classes is one of the key factors that investors ought to follow for success with investing in stocks. It is never a wise idea to put all money into one type of asset – whether it is growth stocks or value stocks or real estate or bonds. Assets of different types perform …
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The latest edition of The Periodic Table of Investment Returns for the period 2002 to 2021 has been published by Callan. This popular and widely-followed chart shows the annual returns of 9 asset classes ranked from best to worst for each calendar year. In 2021, the best performing asset class was large cap US equities followed …
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