Questions tagged [growth]
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Why is economic growth so important?
It seems the most important factor when measuring how well a country is doing is its economic growth. When a countries growth is = 0%, it is seen as a disaster.
For a country with adequate living standards, why is it so important for its economy to…
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In India, what is the difference between Dividend and Growth mutual fund types?
I've always seen a mutual fund with two types (specifically pointing to Indian mutual funds) that are XYZ - Dividend/XYZ - Growth mutual fund? What exactly they mean here?
Which is the best to buy?
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Whole life insurance as an investment vehicle
From everything I have read I still cannot be convinced of Whole Life Insurance but it seems to be the first thing any financial advisor is trained to sell.
From what I read there are minimum guaranteed contractual rates at which the cash value of…
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mutual fund types: value vs blend vs growth
There are many types of mutual funds. Without considering specialty funds or other particular categories (EG emerging markets, real estate, etc), what's the difference between the following 3 types? What do they really mean for an beginner investor…
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How do I handle fund minimums as a beginning investor?
I'm in my early 20s, and I'd like to get serious about how I manage the money in my Roth. It's not very much, and up until this point I've only been messing around with putting it into commission-free ETFs. So far, I'm down. Great.
As I read more…
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Dividend vs Growth Stocks for young investors
I am a young investor (24 yo) with a stable income and would like to know which long-term investment plan would be more appropriate for people around my age and why:
Growth Stocks or Dividend Growth Stocks making use of a dividend reinvestment plan…
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Is there any evidence that "growth"-style indexes and growth ETFs outperform their respective base indexes?
For example Vanguard has the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF and the Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF. Just looking at the returns, it looks like the growth ETF has outperformed the S&P 500 ETF:
... but the funds are so young that I don't think that's a really…
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How can I calculate the annualised growth rate for an irregular investment?
I have a portfolio, which I invest in monthly. Depending on my circumstances, the monthly amount changes from time to time (perhaps every two years or so).
I want to calculate the annualised growth rate of my investment. At the moment I'm using…
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How best to grow my small amount of money starting at a young age?
As someone close to being an adult and going to college, I have earned a small amount of money ($3000) and am looking to start my lifetime savings and get a head start by investing my money rather that simply holding it in a savings account. …
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Can I calculate an average annualised return from investments held for different lengths of time?
My question is: given a number of investments of differing amounts, held for different lengths of time, how would I calculate an approximate average annualised growth for the entire portfolio over its lifetime? (I assume an exact answer won't be…
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Why do PEG ratio values calculated on different financial web sites differ from each other?
For example when I calculate the PEG of Microsoft (for the fiscal year 2017):
For P/E ratio:
P/E Ratio = Price per Share (last price before 10-k filing) / EPS (diluted)
= 68.93 / 2.71
= ~25.43
But, Morningstar states a P/E…
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What is the correct pronunciation of CAGR?
My apologies if this is the wrong place to ask this, but it is financing nomenclature. I didn't find this question anywhere on SE, and I have been dissatisfied with Google results.
I have heard several pronunciations of the acronym CAGR:
Rhymes…
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Does the growth rate of SPY published by morningstar include the dividend yield
According to morningstar
the growth rate for SPY in 2014 was 13.46%.
Does this include the dividend yield of SPY ~1.87% or do we need to add this number to the 13.46?
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How to evaluate growth stocks
What are good metrics to evaluate growth stocks?
I have been following the site buffettsbooks.com and it teaches you how to evaluate value stocks based on Warren Buffet's principles. These are typically stable stocks where you can predict the…
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Sell your home and invest in growth stock mutual fund
I purchased a home and I made an agreement with a guy who is living in that home and paying me monthly rent. Since I live with my brother I don't have to live in my purchased home.
The rent I'm getting is only 10% of total cost of home while stock…
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