Investors who want the broadest range of choices in investments must consider foreign stocks and bonds in addition to domestic financial assets. Many foreign securities offer investors higher risk adjusted returns than do domestic securities. In addition, the low positive...
The Canadian dollar has started to gain favor on the back of an improving outlook for the economy and firming oil prices. Crude prices traditionally are the main driver of “loonie” direction but we have seen that relationship wane in...
Some people like to give up immediate possession of savings expect to receive in the future a greater amount than they gave up. What they do with the savings to make them increase over time is investment. Specially, an investment is...
Watch the market’s reaction to fundamental news very closely. The faulure of prices to react to bullish news in an overbought area is a clear warning that a turn may be near. The first adverse news is usually enough to...
Return on equity (ROE) is a measure of how well a company used reinvested earnings to generate additional earnings. It is viewed as one of the most important financial ratios. It measures a firm’s efficiency at generating profits from every...
(ROA)The Return on Assets is an indicator of how profitable a company is relative to its total assets. ROA gives an idea as to how efficient management is at using its assets to generate earnings. Return on Assets, also called...
Price to Sales (P/S) Ratio is a financial ratio that compares stock price with sales per share (or market capitalization with total sales). It is for valuing a stock relative to its own past performance, other companies or the market...
For a business to survive in the long term it must generate profit. Therefore the net profit margin ratio is one of the key performance indicators for your business. Profit margin is used as a measure of how much a...