An Indonesian worker walking next to a screen featuring market trading information at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in Jakarta. Adek Berry | AFP | Getty Images Attractive valuations, quick intervention by local financial regulators and a gradual return of foreign investors have helped Indonesian stocks reach bull-market status after hitting a five-year low in…
Dividend stocks are an important part of most investors’ portfolios, and for good reason. For one, dividend stocks can boost your total investment returns over the long run, in part because they increase the yield on your original cost basis. Dividends also provide income for investors, which is especially important for those nearing or in…
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By Jim Dahle, WCI Founder <!– It’s a little bit of a mess right now in the medical school private student loan space. Here at The White Coat Investor, we’re trying to sort through it as fast as we can so we can help students and lenders quickly come up with a workable solution, lest…
Last Thursday the US government tried to borrow money. But investors would only take the supposedly risk free 30 year Treasury at just over 5%, the highest 30 year yield since before the financial crisis. But the difference is that in 2008, US debt was 39% of GDP, today it is 100%. And the rise…