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Research shows us that over the long term, dividend paying stocks tend to outperform non-dividend payers and do so with less risk. Over the last 30 years, the index of equal-weighted, dividend paying S&P companies returned +8.7% annualised versus +1.5%...
23 November 2012
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If the US was to go off the fiscal cliff at the end of the year it would lead to a recession in the world's largest economy, the country's Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has warned.
09 November 2012
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Economics
The Dow shed more than 300 points in yesterday's session as investors questioned re-elected President Barack Obama's commitment to dealing with the US fiscal cliff.
08 November 2012
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US
John Bellows, an investment strategy analyst at Legg Mason's fixed income subsidiary Western Asset Management, explains why fiscal policy is holding back corporate confidence in the US, and discusses the impact of the fiscal cliff on bond markets.
02 November 2012
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US
The manager of the world's largest bond fund has said a Red or Blue victory will not make any difference to the US economy as the effects of monetary policy have already reached their limits.
02 November 2012
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Economics
US stock markets powered ahead after the opening bell as private sector jobs data released today painted a much brighter picture than analysts had expected.
01 November 2012
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