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” …
With one month to go in this year, I wanted to identify some foreign large cap ADRs that paid dividends of over 5%. So I ran the stock screener with the following criteria: 1. Stocks must trade on the NYSE 2. Market capitalization must be >= $50B 3. Stocks must have dividend yields of 5% …
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