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 …
One of the very important factors for success with investing is the ability to build and own a diversified portfolio of various assets types. Simply owing only stocks for the long-run is highly risky. So it is better to own a combination of stocks, bonds, gold, real estate, etc. in a well-diversified portfolio. Stocks and …
US stocks have soared since the Global Financial Crisis(GFC) of 2008-09. The multi-year bull year market continues to move forward breaking records. Though many experts have been calling for a correction for many months now stocks are going up proving them incorrect. European stocks on the other hand have langished for years until this year. …
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