Knowledge is Power: Coal Consumption, Inflation Edition

The best strategy now may be to do nothing Oil Wealth Keeps Economic Stimulus Flowing Coal: The Contrarian’s Investment Specter of Bankruptcy Looms for Greece Money woes keep Canadians up at night Inflation: ‘Financial Death by a Thousand Cuts’ With hope rising, is the end near for stocks? Forget the Dow, Some Foreign Stocks Are …

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The Ten Most Traded Nordic Stocks

The following are the ten most traded stocks on the Nasdaq OMX Nordic Exchange as of market close today: 1.Nokia (NOK) Dividend Yield: 3.62% 2.TeliaSonera (OTC: TLSNY) Dividend Yield: 4.28% 3.Volvo (OTC: VOLVY) Dividend Yield: 2.30% 4. Nordea Bank (OTC: NDBAY) Dividend Yield: 3.32% 5. Swedbank (OTC: SWDBY) Dividend Yield: N/A 6. SEB A 7. …

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Five Foreign Stocks Paying More Than 5% Dividends

The following five foreign ADRs have dividend yields of more than 5% as of market close April 6, 2010: 1.CPFL Energia (CPL) Current Dividend Yield: 6.39% Electric Utilities Brazil 2. Alto Palermo (APSA) Current Dividend Yield: 8.12% Real Estate Operations Argentina 3. Mobile Telesystems(MBT) Current Dividend Yield: 5.71% Telecom Russia 4. Babcock & Brown Air …

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Economic Roundup of Latin America

In this post lets take a quick look on the economic situation of a few Latin American countries. Argentina: Capital flight out of the country has slowed from 2009 but still is a cause for concern according to data released by The National Statistics Office. In 2009, $7.47B left Argentina according to Balance of Payments …

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