This time of the year asset management firms and others usually publish their top stock ideas for the following year. I found the following list from Canada’s RBC Dominion Securities interesting: Source: RBC’s 30 top stock picks for 2013, The Globe and Mail The above list does not include stocks from Asia, Latin America, Africa and …
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One way to gain exposure to growing economies outside of the U.S. is to simply invest in companies that generate a larger portion of their revenue from those economies. The advantage with this strategy is information about these firms is much easier to find and investors may already know most of these firms and their …
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The S&P 500 is up 12.4% year-to-date based on price returns. With dividends reinvested the return jumps to 14.89%. The current dividend yield for the index is 2.23%. Despite rising corporate profits U.S. firms prefer to retain earnings than increase payouts. Compared to this paltry yield, many foreign markets pay much higher yields. While in …
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Investing in emerging and frontier markets involves higher risks compared to investing in developed markets.However for investors willing to learn and explore opportunities in the emerging world the rewards can be substantial. The returns can be especially high over a period of many years when the compounding effect comes into play. The Average Annualized Equity …
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When bond yields are lower than dividend yields of stocks some investors may be tempted to replace their fixed-income bonds with high-yielding dividend-paying stocks. But this is not a prudent strategy for the reasons discussed below. The current yields on the 5-year, 10-year and 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds are 0.63%, 1.64% and 2.81%. respectively. Many stocks …
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