Stocks in the Euro Zone are still lagging behind in terms of recovering previous losses. For instance, the benchmark Euro Stoxx 50 index has still not reached the peak attained before the Global Financial Crisis of 2008-09 as shown in the chart below. In addition, the record high of 5,405 before the dot com bust …
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On 19 October 1987 the Dow Jones fell an astonishing 22.6% making it the worst one day fall in its history. That day has gone into the history books as the “Black Monday”. Though Black Monday was a terrible day for equity investors it was just a blip in the long term returns of the US …
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Emerging market stocks have soared this year after years of under performance. For example, while th S&P 500 is up just over 14% YTD Brazil’s Bovespa has increased by nearly 28%. The year-to-date returns of some of the emerging markets are shown below: India’s Bombay Sensex: 21.8% Chile’s Santiago IPSA: 28.6% Argentina’s Merval: 60.4% Other major …
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A research report recently published by Credit Suisse(CS) showed that family-owned companies outperformed their non-family owned peers. CS defined a family-owned firm as (1) direct shareholding by founders or descendants of at least 20%; (2) voting rights held by founders or descendants of at least 20%. The Top 50 family-owned firms globally based on market cap, …
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Defensive stocks perform well during periods of economic contractions and uncertainity. The sector comprising of stocks in the consumer staples and healthcare industries have outperformed sectors such as commodities that are sensitive to the economy since the global financial ciris of 2008-09 in the European context. Click to enlarge Source: Why high beer prices could give …