A well diversified portfolio should include some portion of the assets in utilities. Companies operating in this sector include electric utilities, gas utilities, power distributors, producers and multi-utilities. There are many reasons to invest in electric utilities. In this post let me list a few of them: They offer slow and steady growth over time. …
The $80.0 billion dollar U.S. beer market is highly concentrated with few companies sharing the market. Recently the U.S. Justice Department has filed a suit trying to block Belgium-based Anheuser-Busch InBev’s $20.3 billion takeover of Grupo Modelo of Mexico. The department argues that the merger would stifle competition and hurt consumers. Here is a …
The housing industry is closely tied to many other industries including finance, home-improvement, machine tools, etc. When the construction industry booms all these industries experience a boom. After the credit crisis most of these industries suffered heavily as consumers cut back on renovations and the housing market tanked badly. As the housing market has stabilized …
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Companies that produce and sell alcohol, operates casinos and sell tobacco products are called as “Sin” stocks. In this sector, tobacco stocks usually have high dividend yields and steady growth. Tobacco companies make high profit margins and their products generally sell well despite high taxes as people become addicted to them. Casino stocks are volatile …
Emerging market economies grew faster than developed world economies for many years now and this trend is projected to continue for the foreseeable future. For example, this year the U.S. economy is estimated to grow by just under 2%. Compared to this low growth rate, the GDPs of Brazil, China and India are forecast to …
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