The Dow Jones STOXX Global Select Dividend 100 Index tracks the high-dividend-yielding companies in the Dow Jones STOXX Global 1800 Index that includes the Americas,Europe and Asia-Pacific. The 100 components in the index contains 40 stocks for the Americas and 30 each for Europe and Asia-Pacific. The Dow Jones STOXX Global Select Dividend 100 Index …
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The October issue of Global Finance magazine featured The World’s Top Ten Safest Banks for 2008. The Banks were selected based on: A comparison of the long-term credit ratings (issued by S&P, Moody’s and Fitch’s) Total assets of the 300 largest banks in the world. The World’s Top Ten Safest Banks 2008: [TABLE=117] Of the …
Yesterday November 7,2008 Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc(RBS) completed a reverse split in the ratio of 20:1 of its ADR shares traded in New York. This reverse split was first announced on Oct 30,2008 (Source: RBS Investor Relations Site): Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC- RBS Ratio Change for ADR Holders “To maintain an …
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Earlier this year I wrote an article on Frontier Markets titled Explore some Frontier Markets !!!!!. In the ETF world, a few ETFs were launched this year specifically for frontier markets.In this post lets look at four of them. Photo: Beach at Agadir, Morocco 1. PowerShares MENA Frontier Countries (PMNA) Launched on July 9th of …