Sector-ADRs
The Biggest Nuclear and Hydro Power Generators in Europe and Russia
The STOXX® Europe 600 Utilities index is down over 3% YTD (in terms of price in Euros) and is off about 22% in the past 52 weeks. In the past five years the index is down about 50%. Comprising of 27 of the largest utilities in Europe, the performance of the index in the 5-year [...]
The World’s Largest Power Markets
The following chart shows the world’s largest markets for electricity: Click to enlarge The U.S. and China consume more than four times the power consumed by the next largest market of Japan. With has a population of about 1.1 billion India’s power generation capacity is much lower than that of China. Though Russia has a [...]
Five Latin American Utility Stocks To Consider
The never-ending European debt crisis has flared again in recent weeks with Spain taking the center stage this past week. While Portugal, Italy, Ireland and Greece were in the news in the past couple of years this is the first time Spain is becoming the focus of investors’ attention. U.S. equity markets have performed well [...]
Nuclear Power Growth Continues in Developing Countries
In an article last April I wrote that despite the events at the Fukushima, Japan “power generation from nuclear energy is set to rise in many countries.”. I came across an interesting article in The Wall Street Journal this week on this topic.From the article: Developing countries with an insatiable thirst for electricity are going [...]
Comparing Sources of Electricity Generation in North American OECD Countries
I came across the following interesting chart showing the sources of power generation in the OECD countries of North America: Source: International Energy Outlook 2011, U.S. Energy Information Administration Coal is the major source of electricity generation in the U.S.. Accounting for about 50% of the fuel source in 2008, it is projected to decline [...]
Looking for Opportunities Among Europe’s Largest Electricity Companies
Most European equity markets were down by digits last year due to the debt crisis. Along with stocks from other sectors investors also dumped the traditionally stable utility stocks. The STOXX® Europe 600 Utilities Index reached a high of over 600 before the global financial crisis (GFC) of 2008 in US dollar terms. On 1/20/12 [...]
