Some of the Swedish bank stocks fell hard during the credit crisis due to their large exposures to the former Soviet states in the Baltic region. However in the past few months these banks have rebounded nicely. Sweden’s fourth largest bank Swedbank (OTC: SWDBY) is also the biggest bank in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. In …
In an earlier post we looked at the The World’s 50 Safest Banks based on rankings by the Global Finance magazine. In this post lets take a quick look at the safest banks for 2010 by region. a) The World’s Safest Banks in Asia 2010 [TABLE=527] b) The World’s Safest Banks in Australasia 2010 [TABLE=528] …
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The Global Finance magazine has published its list of the world’s 50 safest banks for this year. These banks were selected “through a comparison of the long-term credit ratings and total assets of the 500 largest banks around the world. Ratings from Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch were used.” The magazine has published this …
Brace yourself: markets have further to fall The middle classes died a long time ago The questionable benefit of benefits Do stocks even matter anymore? Are Investors Unfair to U.S. Stock Funds? Meet the ‘Nifty 50/50’ The Stock Market Slide Is Over Obama’s Misguided Approach –America Has Become Too European A Safety Net for Global …
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Recently fellow blogger Random Roger wrote a post an on how to construct a portfolio with one high yielding stock and one ETF for each sector. In the post Roger listed a few of the high yielding stocks current available in the market. Dividends are an important component of total returns especially in the long-run. …