Maldives Island Beach Last week was one of the worst weeks for many of the world’s stock market indices. The UK’s FTSE 100 was down a massive 26% from the previous week. France’s CAC and Germany’s DAX also plunged over 20% for the week. The Nikkei Index of Japan lost 24%. Here in the US, …
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The growth of telecom sector in Europe has been flat for a few years now.Some of the fixed line and mobile telecom service provider stocks have become value plays with good dividends. Lets look at eight such telecom stocks from Europe. 1.Deutsche Telekom AG (DTEGY), is a German integrated telecom provider.Currently the stock pays a …
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An article titled “A Spanish Bank Emerges as a Winner in Global Crisis” in the German newspaper Der Speigel site says that Banco Santander is the winner among European banks during this credit crisis.The article says: “As financial institutions worldwide struggle to stay afloat, Banco Santander — now the euro zone’s largest bank by market …
Investors have seen the collapse of many banks worldwide since 2007.Some of the collapsed banks include the following: Northern Rock, Bradford & Bingley – UK Fortis – The Netherlands Dexia – Belgium Lehman Brothers, IndyMac, Bear Stearns, Washington Mutual and a few small ones – USA Today Germany’s second biggest commercial mortgage lender “Hypo Real …
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Many high quality large foreign companies can be found in the Pink Sheets market. These stocks do not attract attention from investors like other stocks traded in the organized exchanges. One need not completely ignore the Pink Sheet stock market just because some of the rogue company stocks trade there. One of the reasons why …
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