The Spanish banking sector has been hit hard in the past few years due to the Global Financial Crisis and then the European Sovereign Debt Crisis. Bank stocks in Spain have recovered from the March 2009 lows although they are nowhere near their pre-crisis levels. Despite all the continuing troubles at home, some investors are …
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The S&P 500 is one of the widely followed U.S. benchmark equity indices. This index is a better barometer of the U.S. markets than the Dow Jones Industrial Average or the NASDAQ indices. Here are some interesting facts about S&P 500: The index was first published in 1957. The 500 companies in the index are …
Trade between the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and the BRIC countries is increasing yearly since 2001 as shown in the graph below: Click to enlarge Source: Two years of Arab Spring: Where are we now? What’s next?, Deutsche Bank Research Resource hungry China and India are interested in the natural resources of the …
Stocks that have low dividend yields but grow the yield consistently each year perform better in the long run than stocks with high dividend yields as discussed in this article. Total return of lower dividend stocks in the long run will be higher than the total return of higher dividend stocks.For example, the telecom sector …
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Markets have been volatile in the days since the Dow and S&P 500 almost reached their all-time highs recently. In the past couple of days the markets are more volatile supposedly due to the election mess in Italy and revived fears of the Euro collapse. According Jan Luthman of co-manager of the Liontrust Macro Equity Income …
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