From a report last October by The Asian Banker, the following are the strongest banks in the Asia-Pacific and the Arab Middle East. These rankings were based on the aggregate score that was calculated using many financial performance indicators. Asia Pacific’s Strongest Banks  AP500 Aggregate Strength Commercial Bank Country Strength Rank 2009 Score 2009 …
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Traditionally electric utility stocks have offered stable growth and high dividend yields. Though they are boring to own they are usually preferred by income seeking investors such as retirees and others. Electric utilities are highly regulated in many states in the U.S. Despite the tough regulatory conditions electric companies are a monopoly in the areas …
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The table below lists some of the high dividend yield stocks trading in the Nasdaq market. These stocks offer over 10% dividends. [TABLE=396]
The five best performing foreign bank ADRs Year-To-Date (YTD) as of February 11th are: 1. Banco of Chile(BCH) YTD Change: 11.93% 2. Mizuho Financial (MFG) YTD Change: 8.99% 3. Royal Bank of Scotland(RBS) YTD Change: 8.20% 4. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial (MTU) YTD Change: 3.66% 5. Corpbanca (BCA) YTD Change: 0.59% The five worst performing foreign …
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The Brazilian equity and futures exchange in Sao Paulo is the 4th largest in the Americas and 13th largest in the world based on market capitalization. The main index of the Brazilian stock market is the Bovespa index. From Wikipedia: “The Bovespa Index (Portuguese: Ãndice Bovespa) is an index of about 50 stocks that are …