The British equity market is one of the best markets for investors looking for dividend stocks. The UK has a strong dividend culture and compared to the 2% or so on the S&P 500, British firms tend to have much higher dividend yields. In addition, US investors do not have to worry about dividend withholding …
The UK equity market has one of the highest dividend yields in the world. Many of the large British firms pay a high proportion of their profits as dividends and some of them have increased payments over the years. Among the FTSE 10o constituents, 26 members have increased their dividends for at least the past …
Many of the companies in the FTSE 100 index are still down from their all their highs reached before the Global Financial Crisis(GFC) of 2006-07. Despite the index reaching all high records recently these companies’ stocks are languishing. Some of them may never recover their previous highs in our life times. This is especially true …
Continue reading ‘How Far Have FTSE 100 Index Stocks Fallen From Their All-Time Highs?’ »
The Bank of England raised the official interest rate from 0.25% to 0.50% for the first time in more than 10 years on November 2, 2017. Higher interest rates are a boon to savers but hit all types of borrowers especially mortgage borrowes whose loans are variable-type loans. Until this recent hike, interest rates have …
Continue reading ‘UK Interest Rates From 1694 To 2014: Chart’ »
The following chart shows the yield on long-term soverign debt from 1150 AD to 2012. In the year 1440, Venice paid a high itnerest rate of 20%. Overall according to an article by Dominic Frisby at MoneyWeek money has not been this cheap for a very very long time when we consider the current interest …
Continue reading ‘Interest Rate on Soverign Debt From 1150 AD to 2012: Chart’ »
One of the important investment concepts that investors have to always remember is the futility of trying to time the market. It is never a wise strategy to time the market – which simply means selling out at market tops and buying back at market lows and repeating the process over and over. Since this …
Continue reading ‘Time in the Market is More Important Than Timing the Market’ »