The Colombia Dividend Withholding Tax Rate for US residents seems to have changed to 7.01% in 2020. This is different than the 10% rate listed in the Dow Jones tax table updated for this year. But according to Deloitte, Tax Foundation and other sites the rate is defined as 8 to 7.5%. Colombian oil giant …
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The importance of dividends to a well-diversified portfolio cannot be understated. In fact, dividends account for a significant portion of the overall total return of the S&P over the long term. Though the current yield on the S&P is around 2%, the power of compounding and divided growth over time leads to a higher contribution …
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Dividend yields of equity markets vary across countries significantly. The following chart shows the latest dividend yields for select countries as of December, 2019. Russia has the highest dividend yield in the world at 6.23% while India has the lowest rate at just 1.19%. Many of key companies in Russia such as those in oil …
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Investing in equities involve analyzing a multitude of factors. Some of these factors include worrying about Trump’s impeachment, who will win the US Presidential elections net year, US-China Trade wars, oil prices, Fed’s QE programs, value of the dollar, etc. All of these factor’s are beyond an investor’s control. One of the few factors that …
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One of the strategies of investing in equities is to identify and invest in stocks that offer deep value. These are stocks that are currently hated by the market but have strong fundamentals and are trading at deep discounts. They are also cheap relative to their peers and fades. While it may not happen in …
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