Deutsche Bank has published their top 7 European stock picks for 2012.From an article in Forbes magazine: Deutsche Bank’s analysts’ thesis is that even if the eurozone economy goes to hell until it gets its sovereign debt in order, the firms it picked aren’t going away because of their solid fundamentals, niche markets, brand strength …
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The S&P 500 is flat year-to-date as of December 5th. The performance of the S&P/TSX Composite Index of Canada has been worse with a loss of 9.8% YTD.However it must be noted that Canadian equities have performed better than US stocks in the long run. The yield on the S&P 500 stands at about 2.15%. …
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I wrote an article last year discussing about the fall in stock holding periods globally. In this post lets take a review how equity and option trading volumes in the U.S. have soared over the years. The financial services industry is one of the major components of the US economy. While in the past manufacturing …
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Tier 1 Core Capital is used by regulators to determine the strength of a bank. The higher the ratio the better the position of a bank. The following chart shows the Tier 1 Core Capital Ratio of select large-cap western banks: Click to enlarge Note: Data used are based on Q2 2011 reports. Source: How …
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Bonds should be an integral part of a well diversified portfolio.While stocks in general stocks offer higher growth than bonds, investors should not ignore the value of holding bonds as an asset class. For the period from 2000 to 2010, the S&P 500 was basically flat leading many to call it as the “lost decade” …