For the past few months the Greek debt crisis has been the focus of investors worldwide as the major European countries try to figure out a solution to solve the crisis. Due to politics and the integration of many countries under the common currency, the crisis does not appear to end very soon. In addition …
I posted The Importance of Diversification chart last year in an article on Callan charts. In 2008, diversification across countries did not work well for investors as the majority of stock markets fell. However that does not mean diversification is dead. Diversification still matters. One can diversify by not only investing in different countries but …
Most American investors have low exposure to foreign equities in their portfolios. There are many reasons for this type of asset allocation strategy. One of them is that financial advisors recommend putting just 10% to 20% of one’s assets in foreign equities. Another reason is due to the “home country bias†inherent in all of …
For many years US investors turned to foreign stocks for their higher returns, stability and better diversification. Foreign stocks especially European stocks have high dividend yields which helps in the long-term due compounding of returns. An investor who just invests in US equities and ignores foreign stocks will not realize the maximum returns possible. In …
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Many companies raise the dividends on their common stock year over year.There are some stocks whose dividends have more than doubled in six years. In this article lets review ten such international stocks and see how they have fared so far this year. For this study, the stocks were analyzed using the following criteria: 1. …