Investors should always focus on their long-term goals and hold stocks for the long-term. Building fabulous wealth with equity investing needs patience and those investors that own stocks thru bull and bear markets are usually rewarded well by the market. The following chart graphically shows the performance of UK equity market over many events since …
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Electric automaker Tesla(TSLA) has become one of the most valuable auto companies the world. Investors are highly attracted to the company’s stock for its growth potential. In this post, let’s take a quick look at how Tesla compares with the Japanese auto giant Honda. Equity investors in Tesla have enjoyed phenomenal gains. The firm’s stock …
Many retail investors tend to get caught up with the latest and greatest hypes. But investors are better off avoiding the prevailing narratives and instead focusing on the fundamentals of a company when identifying investment opportunities. For example, during the dot com era the narrative was that internet companies were the future and that nothing …
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Global stocks have yielded a positive return every month this year as measured by the MSCI AC World Index . The chart below shows the monthly returns of the index since 1988. Click to enlarge 2017’s uninterrupted and unprecedented streak of monthly gains for global stocks Source: 5 Reasons Investors Should Give Thanks by JEFFREY KLEINTOP, Schwab, …
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The current bull market in US stocks is one of the longest in history. Since the troughs reached in early 2009, the S&P 500 has continued to soar with mutiple records in recent weeks.The following chart shows the length and return of bull markets since 1962: Click to enlarge Source: When Time Is On Your Side: …
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