Stocks usually rebound sharply after sever declines. The recent dramatic days of plunge was fast and furious. Volatility has indeed returned to the market. What was until a China issue, has become a global problem. The most important factor that changed the calculus on the impact is the spreading of the virus in the US. …
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U.S. Global Investors recently published the 2019 version of The Periodic Table of Emerging Markets chart. Similar to the Callan Table this one also offer excellent insights on the performance of emerging markets year over year from 2010 to 2019. Click to enlarge Source: U.S. Global Investors The best performing emerging market last year was Russia …
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The benefits of diversification across asset classes cannot be understated. Over the long-term diversification not only smooths out rough short-term variations in returns but also helps as cushion the blow when one asset class under-performs. With that said, the following 2019 Vanguard Index Chart and table from Vanguard Australia shows the advantages of diversification over …
ETFs that focus on a single county are popular among investors to gain exposure to a country. For example if one needs exposure to the UK equity market one can go with the iShares UK ETF(EWU). However simply investing in a single country ETF may not be the way to profit from growth of that …
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The automotive industry is going through a rough period in the past few months. German automakers are struggling to innovate and compete with electric auto startups. This is on top of the diesel cheating scam that plagued Volkswagen and others. In the US auto sales are holding up. More recently the auto industry in China …
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