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The most unsuccessful investments - 2014
Oil, Russia, Ukraine and other failure investments: the results of the year from Fortune
In general, 2014 was successful for investors in the American market - investing in the S&P 500 index again brought profit calculated by two -digit interest, and the dollar reached a seven -year maximum in December. But, as Fortune rightly noted, the business is arranged in such a way that if one buys, the other sells. So, where there are exchange transactions, there are both winners and losers.
Worst of all, those who invested in oil had the worst. Fortune calls the collapse of oil prices almost the main economic event of the year. A decrease in quotations led to the sales of shares of mining and service companies. For example, TRANSOCEAN shares for 2014 fell by 45%, and Denbury Resources - 60% (both are part of S&P 500)
In second place in the list of unsuccessful investments, Fortune put Russia and Ukraine. The magazine drew attention to the fact that stock indices - Russian RTS and Ukrainian UX - fell by more than 40%
The third place was the Genworth Financial insurer, who published a loss report. The company's shares have fallen by 45% since the beginning of the year, which has become the largest collapse in S&P among non -energy companies.
Another unsuccessful investment is Avon's perfume giant. One of the main sources of profit for Avon is Brazil, and the economy of this country BRICS slows down. The collapse of Avon since the beginning of the year is 44%.
The Fortune list is completed by Mattel toys manufacturer. In the digital world, less and less children are interested in ordinary toys - even Barbie sales fell in each of the 2014 quarters by more than 10%. As a result: the collapse of shares by 35%.
“The Russian invasion affected world markets and even more destabilized the already weak economy of Ukraine. The sanctions imposed against Russia by the West, and the falling prices for oil, collapsed the country's economy in the same way that the Ukrainian (English) fell before that. ”