The US market has outperformed the British and Japanese equity markets in terms of returns since October, 1987. The returns since that month are shown below: +745% DJIA +658% S&P 500 +214% FTSE 100 -24% Nikkei 225 Chart: Click to enlarge Source: UK Almanc via Twitter
Investing in foreign stocks offer many advantages such as a wide universe of stocks to choose, higher dividend yields in some markets, different earnings growth rates and potential high growth opportunities, etc. The following infographic shows some of the beneits of going overseas: Click to enlarge Source: Global Vision Enhances Equity Insight by Mark Phelps, Scott …
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The chart below shows the annual returns of various asset classes like stocks, bonds, cash, etc. from 2003 thru 1H, 2017: Click to enlarge Source: Novel Investor
Diversification is the simple and easy way to avoid major disasters and achieve one’s long-term goal in equity investment. The following chart vividly makes this point clear.At the height of the global financial crisis, the S&P 500 fell 37% in 2008 but the consumer staples index declined by only 15%. Similarly no index has been …
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In an earlier we looked at the emerging market returns. The following chart shows the returns for developed markets from 2003 thru 1H, 2017: Click to enlarge Note: The returns shown above are based on MSCI country index returns. Source: Novel Investor Related ETFs: iShares MSCI Germany Index Fund (EWG) iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund (EWC) iShares MSCI Australia …
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