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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The chart below shows the performance of the various Russell Global Index Sectors from 2000 thru 2010: Click to enlarge Source: Russell Investments Some observations: Due to the boom in commodity markets in the past decade materials and processing has been one of the consistent top performing sector. Since the credit crisis, the technology sector …
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