Many of the small and regional U.S. banks trade on the NASDAQ market. In the past few years some of these banks have disappeared after they were shutdown by regulators or taken over by competitors. After TARP, many of the survivors have cleaned up their balance-sheets and are slowly recovering to attain pre-crisis levels. While …
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Five foreign electric utility ADRs trading on the OTC markets is listed in the table below: [TABLE=869] CLP Holdings Limited(CLPHY) is a Hong Kong-based electric utility with operations in China, Taiwan, Australia, India and Southeast Asia. Since the credit crisis the stock has recovered nicely and closed near its 5-year high of about $8.5o on …
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The table lists 9 foreign bank ADRs that trade on the OTC markets: [TABLE=868] Australian banks National Australia Bank Ltd (NABZY) and Australia and New Zealand Banking (ANZBY) have high yields of over 6%. European banks such as Commerzbank, Swedbank, Societe Generale are still a long way from getting back to normal due to heavy …
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The table below lists large-cap foreign stocks trading on the NYSE that have dividend yields of over 5% as of January 6, 2011: [TABLE=870] Some observations: Not surprisingly, the majority of the stocks in this list are in the utility sector with Telefonica(TEF) of Spain paying about 8% in dividends. Bell Canada Enterprises(BCE) is the …
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The chart below shows the history of capital gains realizations since 1954: Click to enlarge Capital gains realizations significantly move up-or-down depending on bull or bear markets. They also rise or decline significantly after changes in capital gains tax rates.Strong rises or declines in capital gains realizations have often occurred not long after the tax …
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