Some of the auto parts makers have suffered substantial declines in the past few months. Fears over trade wars have hurt European auto parts manufacturers especially hard. Listed below are 6 companies from this industry to consider for further research: 1.Company: Autoliv Inc (ALV) Decline from 52-Week High: -47% 2.Company: Continental AG (CTTAY) Decline from 52-Week …
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I have written many times before about the power of compounding. For example, even when dividend yields are small at say 2% reinvesting any dividends received over many years will multiple the yield many times over with compounding. I came across the a thoughtful piece on the magic of compounding by Richard C. Young at Young …
Market Timing can be very dangerous to an investor in terms of losing out on potential returns. I have written many articles before on the cons of market timing. Over and over again this concept has been proven wrong. For example in December 2018 US equity markets fell dramatically wiping out most of the gains …
Equity mutual funds pool together money from many investors and invest in a group of stocks. This process in theory is supposed reduce risk to investors especially the risk of owing individual stocks which can blow up. However that is not always the case. Mutual funds also have high risks and they are not necessarily …
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Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) is an investment strategy by which you invest little by little in each period instead of a lump sum in one shot. By investing small amounts say each month over many years one can reduce volatility and also the risk of heavy losses. Over time small amounts tend to benefit from …
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