Stocks of The Best British Brands

London, UK In April of this year, the marketing research firm Millward Brown, released the third annual Top 100 Brandz list. According to the report, companies that own the brands in this top 100 list “have significantly outperformed the stock market when compared to the S&P 500”. The rankings are based on analysis of financial …

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Get on board the Canadian Railroad Stocks

Railroad stocks have held up well in this volatile market. Major US railroads like Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp (BNI), Norfolk Southern(NSC), CSX Corp (CSX), Union Pacific Corp (UNP) reported strong second quarter numbers and they seem to have provided shelter to investors fleeing the battered financial stocks. While fuel prices increased for many months, …

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10 Highly Traded European ADR Stocks

  The following table lists the most traded ten European ADRs in the US exchanges based on the daily trading volume: [TABLE=5] ING and UBS are the two financials in this group.UBS suspended its dividend few months ago after heavy write-downs due to losses in the credit mess.So its not surprising that the stock is …

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Three Australian Stocks with > 6% Dividend Yields

A review about 3 Australian bank stocks that pay great dividends and have above average dividend growth rates.In the current market conditions nobody knows exactly where financials and in general the markets are heading. A simple and effective strategy now maybe to nibble a few foreign stocks that pay high dividends. One group that fits …

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