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What You Need to Know About Dividends

What You Need to Know About Dividends

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Public companies are faced with two critical choices: 1) Deliver a share of your profits each year to your shareholders. 2) Keep all profits and reinvest them into the business. Theoretically, if the company is able to obtain superior profitability by reinvesting the profits that would otherwise be paid out to shareholders, then it should not pay dividends. On average, companies obtain a higher valuation by reinvesting their profits. However, shareholders achieve greater returns in the long run by being paid dividends on…

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How To Find A Financial Advisor You Can Trust

How To Find A Financial Advisor You Can Trust

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Finding a financial advisor can be an intimidating process. It’s not just a numbers game to find who is the best at navigating the markets. It is a personal relationship, and you should get someone to listen to you and work with you to help you reach your goals. One common misconception is that only people with a lot of money to invest need a financial advisor. Everyone needs an advisor, just as everyone needs to pay an annual visit to…

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How To Diversify Internationally

How To Diversify Internationally

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The US stock exchange is one of the cheapest (in terms of operating costs), efficient and transparent in the world. In addition, many American companies are among the most solid and best managed in the world. It is therefore logical that a large part of the equity of an American investor is on the US Stock Exchanges. However, it’s reasonable to want to have a certain degree of geographical diversification. Among the developed stock exchanges, there are several possibilities. The most important are…

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Form a long-term securities portfolio with purchases at regular intervals

Form a long-term securities portfolio with purchases at regular intervals

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The investor decides which companies to buy, but not the time of purchase, which is established beforehand at regular intervals in time; 1x per month, quarter, etc. This strategy is often used for the very long term investment horizon, thinking about retirement, for example. First, the investor makes a list of stocks ​​that he would like to have in his portfolio based on fundamental analysis. These companies ​​must be solid and stable, and have stable long-term profits and dividends at…

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10 Movies About The Stock Market You Need To Watch

10 Movies About The Stock Market You Need To Watch

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Cinema offers an alternative way to get closer to the complex world of financial markets. These are some of the movies that you should check out if you want to get acquainted with the world of the stock market, as well as delve into some of the events that have marked financial history in recent years. The Big Short (2015): One of the more recent films, the movie shows four different focus points of people who were able to see…

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How Is The Dollar Correlated With Commodities?

How Is The Dollar Correlated With Commodities?

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The prices of raw materials and the US dollar have an inverse correlation. Today’s lesson explores the reasons behind this phenomenon and the main factors that make the dollar move. WHY DO  THE DOLLAR AND RAW MATERIALS HAVE AN INVERSE CORRELATION? There are several reasons why the US dollar affects commodities. However, the main reason is that commodity prices are denominated in dollars. The United States is considered one of the strongest and most stable economies on the planet. Therefore,…

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