Many foreign markets have performed better than the US market in the past decade. When investing in international stocks most investors tend to stick with large caps. However foreign small and micro caps offer better investment opportunities over their large cap peers. Six reasons to invest in foreign small and micro cap equities are listed …
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Investing in the markets is not suitable for everyone.One should have a strong stomach when markets dive and not get carried away with greed when markets soar.The following chart shows the various stages of emotions that most investors experience with investing in equities: Click to enlarge Source: Emotions and markets, Global Investor, Credit Suisse A …
Smaller companies in general tend to yield better returns than larger companies despite their higher risk and other perceived negative factors. I came across two articles that confirms that stocks of small companies are better investments than most large companies. From “Why So Many Blue-Chip Investors Are Still Singing the Blues” by Jason Zweig in …
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The huge earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan also dealt a huge blow to the nuclear power industry when the world learned of radiation leaks from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant owned by Tokyo Electric Power Co. Germany ordered safety inspections of its aging plants and temporarily suspended operations of some plants. Despite fears of a …
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According to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, short-selling is on the rise again. Despite news of economic recovery and the stabilization of equity markets in the past few months some investors are betting that the markets would fall. From the article: Short selling rose at the New York Stock Exchange and at …
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