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2023 Investment and Market Updates: A Review of the Worst Year Since 1871

Brian DeChesare

Any discussion of the financial markets in 2022 needs to acknowledge one important fact upfront: it was the worst year for stocks and bonds since at least 1871. Meanwhile, disasters kept emerging in the riskiest parts of the market, such as crypto (see: FTX , Celsius, etc.), And my performance stats are as follows: 2019: +36%.

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REITs: Healthcare Or Office? One Performs Better In A Recession (Both Tout Yields Over 5%)

Benzinga

30, 2019, healthcare real estate investment trusts (REITs) have earned a trailing ten-year return of 11.6% S&P Global reported that healthcare REITs have a five-year average dividend yield of 5.2%, while office REITs hold an average dividend yield of 2.9%. From data gathered on Sept. on average.

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2024 Investment & Market Updates: How to Reverse a Painful Year with AI Hype and a Frenzied 2-Month Rally

Brian DeChesare

The markets in 2023 were almost a complete reversal of 2022, and hardly anyone – me included – saw it coming. This result is disappointing because it ends my 4-year streak of matching or beating the market, and it’s all because of my bad decisions. But my real estate investment funds were down ~10% , which hurt.

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Can Philippine’s Second-Largest Telco Company PLDT Regain Its Lost Market Share?

Andrew Stolz

Superior network quality helps to defend market share. While the mobile market in the Philippines is already quite mature, PLDT sees good growth prospects for home broadband. Superior network quality helps to defend market share. Maintaining a superior quality is necessary to avoid losing customers in a mature market.

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Value and Growth Investing: Finding the Best of Both Worlds

Andrew Stolz

Rather it is based on investors’ critical thinking, due diligence, and using methods that combine value and growth strategies such as Peter Lynch’s PEG and dividend adjusted-PEG ratios. Another reason is that investors believe the said company has the potential to become a market leader. The Basics of Growth Investing.

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A Follow up on Inflation: The Disparate Effects on Company Values!

Musings on Markets

Historical Data: 1930-2019 To see how this framework works in practice, let's start by looking at the performance of US stocks, across the decades, and look at the returns on stocks, broadly categorized based on market capitalization and price to book ratios.

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Hersha Hospitality Trust to Sell Hotel Milo Santa Barbara and Pan Pacific Seattle for $125 Million

Benzinga

– Net Proceeds are expected to be used for general corporate purposes including, but not limited to, additional debt repayment and dividend payments –. EBITDA multiple on 2019 results and a $455K per key valuation –. Price implies a blended 2.9% cap rate and 27.0x PHILADELPHIA, Sept.