The Dow Jones hitting the 20,000 mark was big news in the media last week. While the Dow is popular, the S&P 500 is more representative of the broader US economy. According to an article by Brian Levitt at Oppenheimer Funds, the S&P 500 has had 964 new highs since its inception in 1957. In …
Investing in commodities is not suitable for most retail investors despite pushing them as an asset class to own. Just like stocks and bonds, hundreds of ETFs, mutual funds and other instruments exist to invest in them. Commodity investing is probably the 2nd most risky proposition after currency trading/investing. This is because unlike stocks or …
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The Periodic Table of Emerging Markets for 2016 is shown in the chart below: Click to enlarge Source: US Funds Brazil was the top performing market last year with a 69% return followed by Peru. Among the BRICs, China and India were basically flat. This chart also shows that no country is a top market …
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Unicorns are start-up companies valued at more than $1 billion. These private firms are waiting in the wings to have their IPOs. According to a report by CB Insights and quoted by FT Alphaville, currently there are 183 unicorns globally as shown in the infographic below: Click to enlarge Source: CB Insights via FT Alphaville
Update: The Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns 1998-2017 Callan Associates has published their “The Periodic Table of Investment Returns for 2016”. This fascinating chart shows the returns of various of classes such as stocks, bonds, US and foreign stocks, etc. The importance of diversification among asset classes is vividly illustrated by the Callan chart each year. The Callan Periodic …
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