Most US bank stocks are up by double digit percentage points so far this year. The benchmark KBW Bank Index for example has soared by about 34% YTD. With economic recovery forecast to accelerate this year, investors are betting banks stand to gain the most from the upsurge in economic activity. Many of the foreign …
Continue reading ‘Which Foreign Bank Stocks Are Down Year-to-Date?’ »
One of the important traits of successful equity investors is the simple act of being patient with investments. To put it another way, building real wealth with stocks requires the ability to be calm when markets turn volatile and focus on the long-term goal. The age-old adage goes that time in the market is more …
Continue reading ‘Why Staying The Course Is Very Important’ »
One of the best sectors to own for the long-term is the defense sector. Defense stocks tend to be like consumer staples stocks. They perform well in both good and bad times. One reason is that similar to food and other consumer staple goods, defense is a necessary and integral part of developed countries especially …
The top five tech companies – Amazon.com Inc (AMZN), Apple(AAPL), Alphabet(GOOG) and Facebook(FB) Microsoft(MSFT) have enjoyed tremendous growth through the pandemic. Millions of people working from home and millions going online for shopping have helped these giants. The following charts shows the astonishing rise of these firms. Stock price growth since Dec 31, 2019: Click to enlarge …
The average individual investor in equity markets earns less than the market return. This has been confirmed by many studies. The reason for the difference is that individual investors are affected by many human behavioral issues such as trying to time the market, excessive trading, buying high and selling low, panicking during market corrections, etc. …