The Top 50 Most Valuable Brands in Latin America for 2020 is shown in the graphic below. The most valuable brand in the continent is Brazilian banking group Bradesco(BBD). Corona beer is the top brand in Mexico. In Peru, BCP bank (BAP) is among the top 3 brands. Similarly in Colombia, Bancolombia(CIB) is also a …
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Technology stocks are on a tear the past few years. In 2019, the NASDAQ index rose over 35%. With the arrival of the pandemic in 2020, the NASDAQ shot up again by over 43%. It remains to be by much it will grow this year. The top five companies – Facebook(FB), Apple(AAPL), Amazon(AMZN), Microsoft(MSFT) and …
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The historical annual returns of the various sectors in the S&P 500 index shows the performance of the sectors during different economic cycles. For instance, last year the IT sector was the best performer with a total return of 44% as the pandemic forced millions of Americans to depend on technology working from homes. In …
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The number of years stocks go up is higher than the number of year they go down over the long run. This theory is true for the US equity market also. The number of years the S&P 500 has yielded a positive return much higher than the other way around. The following chart shows the …
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Callan has published their popular The Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns with 2020 data. The importance of diversification is vividly illustrated by this excellent chart published year after year. Last year US Small Caps were the top performers with a return of about 20%. US large caps yielded just over 18%. The adverse effects of …
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