Bear markets are not always preceded by recessions and vice versa. The relationship between these two are tenuous at best. I came across an interesting piece by Liz Ann Sonders at Schwab on this topic. From the article: Stock market relative to recessions What should we expect from the stock market during a recession? Should …
Amazon.com, Inc(AMZN), Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA) and Mercadolibre Inc(MELI) are the top three online retailers in the world. Amazon dominates the US market though its increasingly under threat from competitors. From a seller of books the retailer has grown to be an advertising powerhouse and a leader in cloud services through its AWS division. …
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U.S. equities have returned positive returns in more years than negative returns based on historical data. Of the last 194 years, US stocks have yielded positive returns in 138 years (71% of the time) and negative returns in 56 years (29% of the time). Click to enlarge *Note that different sources of information (and index …
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Global investors are turning their attention to emerging markets this year. Though these markets had a lackluster to poor performance last year, this year they are heading in the right track. Some of the major markets are already up by double digit percentage points year-to-date. The returns for few of the emerging market indices are …
S&P Global has published the 2019 version of the Withholding Tax Rates for Foreign Stock Dividends by country. This simple table is highly useful for investors buying overseas stocks as withholding tax rates vary significantly among countries and high tax rates can cut a big chunk of the payouts. For example, in developed Europe Switzerland …
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