Investing in a foreign stock is not as easy as selecting a company and placing a buy order as one would with a US stock. After an investor has decided to invest in a foreign stock, there are usually three different options to trade the stock. For example, lets say an investors has decided to …
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In the past 12 months, the Russian equity market has outperformed the markets of Brazil, India and China. In addition, the RTS Index has also outperformed the U.S. and UK markets. From INVESTMENT EXTRA: A bull market for the Russian bear: Robin Geffen, fund manager and chief executive of Neptune Investment Management notes the following …
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Telecom stocks offer some of the best value picks in Europe currently according to an article byDavid Stevenson in MoneyWeek. From the article: Why? For starters, the estimated dividend yield paid out by the Bloomberg European Telecoms index has now topped 7.5%. For just about anywhere in Europe, that’s well above the rate of inflation. …
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China’s voracious appetite for commodities continues to grow and the country has become a major force in the global commodities market in recent years. The graphics below shows the change in China’s share of global commodities trade: Click to enlarge As an export-oriented economy, China is a major importer of a range of commodities …
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In the past few years ETF providers have listed many Shariah-compliant funds in Europe and U.S. exchanges. These ETFs invest in companies that follow the principles of Islam. Today I came the another religious-themed ETFs named db X-trackers STOXX Europe Christian Index ETF that trades on the London Stock Exchange. This ETF tracks the performance …
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