Oil prices have fallen to a four-year low and continue to fall with prices closing at $86.44 per barrel(Brent) yesterday for December delivery. One way to profit from lower oil prices is to invest in emerging market equities as they are major oil importers. According to one Deutsche Bank research report, Europe & Asia (excluding Japan) …
Yesterday we looked at the comparison of US returns against other developed markets. In this post lets take a look at the emerging market returns by country over the past 10 years. Click to enlarge Source: Henderson Global Investors Note: The returns shown above are based on the country’s respective MSCI country index. A few observations from …
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The S&P 500 is up 6.3% year-to-date (YTD). In the past five years the index has more than doubled. Compared to the performance of the S&P 500, many of the developed market indices are in the negative territory so far this year.The returns of the some major markets YTD are listed below: UK’s FTSE 100: -5.3% …
Dividends are an important factor that must be considered when selecting equities. This is because dividends provide a cushion to a well-diversified portfolio during adverse market conditions and also provide an income stream. More importantly they help boost the total returns of an investment especially over the long-term. According to a research study by Allianz …
Investors should invest in stocks for the long-term and not engage in shot-term trading.Long-term is measured in years and can be considered as at least five years. Trying to time the market is not a good idea for the majority of investors. There are not many people in the world who have successfully predicted the future movement of …
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