One of the simple and easy ways to reduce risks with investing in equity markets is to diversify one’s assets across various asset types, countries, regions, etc. The following chart shows the unpredictability of market returns one year after another: Click to enlarge Source: AGF Management Limited
We have seen many charts earlier showing index returns of emerging markets, individual countries, developed markets, etc. Most of the charts showed the returns individually. I came across the following chart that compares the returns of emerging market index returns against developed markets: Click to enlarge Source: Mirae Asset Management
For US investors only: Below is a neat flowchart showing how to do backdoor Roth IRA contributions for 2017: Click to enlarge Source: Ohanesian/Lecours Investment and Advisory Services
The growth of a $1,000 investment in the cryptocurrency bitcoin and S&P 500 in June 2010 is shown in the chart below. The bitcoin investment would have shot up like rocket to reach towards the $100 million mark compared to the tiny rise with the S&P 500: Click to enlarge Source: Chart of the Day: Bitcoin vs. …
In a post earlier this month I wrote about the Four Classic Bubbles of the Past. The chart below shows the four major global asset bubbles in the past four decades: Click to enlarge Source: The Global Financial Crisis 10 years on- Lessons learned and can it happen again?, Dr Shane Oliver, AMP Capital The current explosive …
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