Some foreign large-cap companies trade on the OTC market instead of the organized exchanges. Investors can find well-established companies paying high dividends on these markets. Though trading volumes may be thin, for the average buy-and-hold long-term investor this should not be an issue. To identify some of the high-yielding large cap foreign stocks, I ran …
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The table below lists the top 10 foreign companies by market cap trading on the New York Stock Exchange: [TABLE=865] Some observations: 8 of out of the 10 companies are in the natural resources sector. This shows the growing importance of the commodity sector. The only foreign banking group in this list is the UK-based …
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The following are some of the key takeaways from a review of the 2010 performance of equity markets around the world: 1. Stock markets can rise despite low or poor economic growth. The U.S. market was a perfect example of this scenario. While the US economy continued to struggle last year with high unemployment rates, …
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Many investors tend to avoid airline stocks since the industry suffers from low earnings due to various factors such as regulations, fluctuations in fuel prices, labor issues, business disruptions due to weather like snow, volcano eruptions, flawed business models, incompetent management, etc. This is especially true in the U.S. where the industry is highly concentrated …
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Despite the recovery in global equity markets last year, some of the foreign companies with solid business models are still trading at attractive levels. Investors with a long-term horizon can add a few of these stocks selectively in phases to their portfolios for price appreciation. The following ADRs closed at under $10 as of market …