This Hong Kong Stocks Cheatsheet is a list of links to AAStocks pages of data I wanted to make a few clicks easier to get to. The stock list is redundant on the first 50 names, which are the components of the Hang Seng Index Finance, Utilities, Property and Commerce & Industry sub-indexes respectively, followed […]
So far, many of the most read posts on this website have been my lists of real estate investment trusts (REITs), especially my post this time least year about the top 200 US real estate investment trusts by market cap. As mentioned, US REITs and REIT funds tend to be especially well suited to IRA, […]
Another reference list, this one ranked by average USD returned to shareholders 2014-2016:
For non-US ETF portfolios, I find it useful to keep handy short lists of ETFs listed on other top ETF exchanges in London, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Tokyo. Here is a short list of the top 55 London-listed ETFs I look at, mostly for my own reference when I need to look this up on […]
As a reference, I occasionally like to publish lists like the one below of 60 of the highest dividend paying stocks as of late November 2017. Note that these are ranked by total dollar amount of dividends paid by the companies, not by dividend yield, as the latter would favor many smaller, higher yielding stocks. […]
Investors looking to replace index ETFs or more expensive stock mutual funds or closed-end funds with direct positions in blue chip stocks may want to start by owning some of the largest companies in the world by market cap. Market cap is simply the total value of shares outstanding, and most index funds and ETFs […]
London listed ETFs and Frankfurt listed ETFs together form the world’s second largest and most diverse ETF market after the US. For non-US taxpayer investors, Frankfurt and London listed ETFs may provide tax advantages in accessing the US market, as well as access to asset classes even the US ETF market does not yet cover, […]
I find it important to look at exchange traded funds (“ETF”) as a benchmark for what investments in stocks, bonds, or real estate investment trusts (REITs) could be doing as a “fire and forget” trade to track a broad benchmark index with minimal transactional and ongoing costs. The US remains by far the largest, most […]
Here is list of the world’s largest insurance companies by assets as of 2017 is based on data from public filings on the major stock exchanges we currently have access to. Earlier posts listed 35 large life and health insurers by market cap, and explained how a large percentage of Asian insurers’ assets and profits […]
This is list of the world’s largest real estate investment trusts (REITs) by assets as of 2017 is based on data from public filings on the major stock exchanges we currently have access to. REITs are one of our favorite topics and sectors, and this site contains many posts listing the largest in Japan (J-REITs), the […]