Photo: Austrian Mountain Lake We invest in utility stocks for the dividends and stable growth. While there are many utilities such as FPL Group (FPL), Exelon (EXE) in the US, many others in countries outside of the USA offer higher growth and dividend yields. Finland based Fortum and Verbund of Austria are two such examples. …
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Closed-End funds whose market price is trading at a discount to their NAV (Net Asset Value) are considered to be cheap. Here are three such funds which offer country specific exposure at a decent price. 1.Fund Name: Swiss Helvetia Fund Ticker: SWZ Total Assets: $594M Discount to NAV : -17.61% 2.Fund Name: New Germany Fund …
EcoPetrol SA (EC) , the only integrated oil and natural gas company in Colombia, listed its stock today on the New York Stock Exchange as an American Depository Shares (ADS). Each ADS share represents 20 common shares.In November 2007, the company had a successful IPO in the Colombian stock market raising about US $10B. The …
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One of the defensive sectors that investors tend to overlook during volatile market conditions is the chemical sector which has many high quality companies with stable long-term growth. In modern times chemicals are an active ingredient in most of the products we use. They are used for enhancing the texture in cereals, keeping the fragrance …
Stock markets worldwide are in free-fall mode past few days. Latin America emerging markets have a fallen heavily and so is the Asian markets. Brazil is down over 40% from its recent peak due to the crash in commodity prices. Asian markets like China, India, Vietnam,Singapore have been crushed as well. Shanghai is down over …