Most people know that stock markets across the globe had a great year in 2017. Few people take the time to review what didn't work in the past year. This chart from Deutsche Bank helps us visualize the returns (in US dollars) of various asset classes across the globe. Personally, my "invest-able" asset classes are …
Tag: International Stocks
Investing Trends: Emerging Markets
If you are a US based investor, you can be forgiven for ignoring Emerging Market stocks over the last few years. Investors tend to gravitate towards good returns and Emerging Market returns have been anything but good in recent years. However, things are looking up for this overlooked asset class. 2016 was the first positive …
Investing Trends – Floating Rate Bonds
Since the FED interest rate hike in December of 2016, floating rate bonds have caught the attention of bond investors. Floating rate funds are being sold to income investors as a way to make money in bonds during a raising rate environment. The case for floating rates notes goes like this: the FED is hiking …
Investing Trends: International Equities
As investors living in the United States, most investing "media" covers the US equities markets. When someone tells you "the market was up again today", you may immediately think about the Dow Jones or S&P 500 indexes. However, US stocks only make up about 52% of the global equity markets weighted by market capitalization - …
The Stock Market Has Bounced, Now What?
Since the highs in July the S&P 500 had corrected about 14% - the Dow Jones fell even more. In September, just when things looked about to get worse, the market started moving higher and has not stopped. As of today, the S&P 500 is back to "break-even" for 2015 after an 11% rally off …
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