Foreign stocks generally tend to pay higher dividends due to tax policies, a tradition of returning the most profit to investors, etc. While the S&P 500 yields about 2%, many overseas markets have yields in excess of 3%. Hence investors looking for higher yields or diversification may want to consider investing in high-quality foreign stocks …
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Over 100 foreign stocks(excluding Canadian stocks) trade on the NASDAQ market. Some of the foreign companies prefer this market over NYSE due to the its high focus on the technology industry. The table below lists the top 10 foreign ADRs based on market cap and traded on NASDAQ: [TABLE=883] Ireland-based Ryan Air Holdings operates the …
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Sir John Marks Templeton, the great American-born British stock investor and a mutual fund pioneer was a believer in fundamental analysis and followed the “buy when there’s blood in the streets” philosophy. He published the following 16 Rules For Investment Success in World Monitor: The Christian Science Monitor Monthly in 1993. Though published many years …
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In an earlier article I wrote about why Canadian stocks are projected to offer the best returns this year based on a research report by CIBC. In this post, lets take a quick look at some of the top Canadian stocks as identified by MoneySense magazine in the beginning of this year. 1) Top Value …
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U.S. employers created 192,000 jobs in February pushing the unemployment rate to below 9% according to the Department of Labor. While this is a positive news, investors may want to dig a little deeper before making any conclusions on the state of the U.S. economy. Source: The Wall Street Journal An editorial in the Journal …
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