Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are becoming more popular with investors than mutual funds in recent years. In order to meet the increasing demand ETF providers have sliced and diced the market in as many ways as possible and continue to add new ETFs to their offerings. From a recent article in The Journal Report of …
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Some of the emerging equity markets are performing well this year when compared to developed markets. Among the BRIC countries, India is the top performing market so year-to-date (YTD). Despite a growing economy, Brazil is lagging relative to other emerging countries due to political interference in certain sectors of the economy. Argentina is also under-performing …
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Each year iShares releases the updated Single Country Index Returns chart. The latest version of this chart for Developed Markets from 2002 to 2011 is shown below: Click to enlarge in pdf format A few observations: Australia, Norway, Singapore and Canada have the highest 10-year annualized returns of over 11.0%. The 10-year annualized returns for the U.S. …
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The follow charts show the performance of US-based Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (GT) against select foreign tire makers – Germany’s Continental AG (CTTAY), Japan’s Bridgestone(BRDCY) and France’s Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin (MGDDY): 5-Year returns comparison: Click to enlarge 10-Year returns comparison: Source: Google Finance Disclosure: No Positions
The following charts shows the performance comparison of US-based food giant General Mills (GIS) and Switzerland-based Nestle SA (NSRGY). In the 5-year period shown, the gap in returns between these companies is not large. However the 10-year return of Nestle more than double that of General Mills’ return. Compared to General Mills, Nestle owns many brands …
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