Possible “bubble” indicators do nothing to dampen investor demand for selected stocks.Gold: the haves and the have-nots A suburban street in the heart of Essex and a dozen women are gearing themselves up for a night of fun. The rosé wine is flowing, the nibbles are on the table — Tesco’s Chinese chicken wings, Pringles …
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More Chinese companies are listing their stocks in the US markets in order to attract US investors. One of the new Chinese companies that was listed in the NASDAQ last month was China Real Estate Information and this week 7 Days Group Holdings started trading in the NYSE. In this post, lets take a quick …
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According to the latest data released by the US Department of Treasury, China remains the largest foreign investor in US treasury securities. As of September, 2009 China holds $798.90B of US treasuries. Japan is the second largest investor at $751.50B followed by UK at $249.3B. The Top 10 Foreign Holders of US Treasury Securities with …
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I selected the The Top 10 Global Electric Utilities from the “Platts Top 250 Global Energy Company Rankings” for 2009. Generally electric utility stocks offer solid dividend yields and have slow growth. Investors love them because of their yields and their monopolistic nature in most markets. Though highly regulated, electricity companies make decent profits year …
The Platts Top 250 Global Energy Company Rankings for 2009 was released by Platts this week. This is the eighth year that Platts has published the rankings. The factors used to select these Top Financial Performers are: Asset worth Revenues Profits Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) Rankings are based are data from Standard & Poor’s …
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