The S&P 500 index closed at 3,841.94 yesterday and is up 2.29% year-to-date on price return basis. The 5-year and 10-year annualized returns are 13.95% and 11.27% respectively. This growth rate is indeed excellent when compared to foreign equity markets. The US market as represented by the S&P 500 has performed very well not just in the …
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The technology sector has performed extremely well in the past few years up until the end of 2020. However not all stocks within the sector have been winners. In order to have accumulated fabulous wealth with tech stocks it was necessary to be invested in the right stocks. For instance, an investor who owned tech …
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The best time to invest in stocks is when blood is running on the street. Or to put it another way bear markets are great time to pick up quality names at cheap prices. While everything is falling day after day it takes courage to jump into the waters. While buying stocks when prices are …
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Diversification is one of the simplest ways to be successful in equity investing. Diversification can take many forms. For example, one can hold a mix of stocks, bonds, gold, real estate and cash. Or it is possible to diversify across many types of equities such as domestic and foreign or emerging, developed and frontier markets. …
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Investing in dividend stocks is a wise strategy for many reasons including the fact that dividends alone account for one-third of the S&P 500’s Total Return from 1960 to 2019. So though the dividend yield is small for most US stocks relative to other developed markets they are still important from a long-term wealth building …