Food company stocks are in the doldrums this year. These companies were strong performers during the past few years due to the pandemic and other factors such as continuously increasing prices. However this year sales have stagnated and consumers are no longer willing to put up with high prices and they are switching to cheaper …
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One of the strategies for success with investing in stocks is to diversify one’s portfolio across asset classes. This may include owing both US and foreign stocks. It is wise to have international stocks in addition to the domestic peers because their outperformance varies over a period of time. Generally foreign stocks have outperformed their …
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Most of the foreign bank stocks were in the red around this time last year. However it is a better story this year with most of them up at least so far. The top performers are from Argentina which is permanent basket case of a mismanaged economy. Unlike 2022, Brazilian banks have not shot up …
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The NASDAQ-100 index represents the largest 101 non-financial companies listed on the NASDAQ exchange. It is a modified capitalization-weighted index. The S&P 500 index on the other hand is a free-float capitalization-weighted index is composed of the largest 500 companies trading on the US markets. The S&P 500 is more representative of the US economy …
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US stocks have performed very well in the past few years over their international peers. However that is not always the case. There have years when foreign stocks outperformed US stocks. The key point to remember is that the outperformance of US stocks over international stocks and vice versa rotate over the years. The following …
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