Bank stocks in the US have been in doldrums for many years now since the Global Financial Crisis(GFC). Investors mostly avoided them as a mountain of new regulations and ultra-low interest rates pressured their earnings quarter after quarter. But with the dramatic victory of President-elect Trump bank stocks have soared. In the two days since …
The British equity market as represented by the FTSE 100 Index has outperformed other major stock indices of this world so far this year. For instance, the S&P 500 is up 6% year-to-date. The main European indices have performed as follows: UK’s FTSE 100: 9.4% France’s CAC 40: -2.3% Germany’s DAX Index:-1.1% Spain’s IBEX35 Index: …
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One of the important strategies for success in building wealth with equities is to identify and own the right the stock in an industry. Owning the average or poor player in an industry will lead to lower returns for investors. In this post, let’s put this logic to test. US-based Procter & Gamble Company (PG) is a …
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The stunning victory is now behind us and the next step for investors is to figure out how to position their portfolios for the new administration. More specifically investors can buy stocks of certain sectors that are projected to perform well while avoiding some sectors. This is because based on the economic plans put forward …
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The list of the world’s largest publicly traded companies by market cap has changed tremendously in the past five years. While oil and gas firms dominated the the list five years ago today the growth of digital economy has led to tech firms topping the list. Out of the many oil majors in the top 10 …
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