National Bank of Greece (NBG) has implemented a reverse split for the 2nd time in less than two years. In November, 2011 when the reverse split went into effect in the ratio 1:5 I noted that investors may want to avoid the stock. On May 30th, the bank reverse split the ADR again. This time they …
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One of the dilemmas often faced by investors in dividend-paying stocks is if they should reinvest the dividends or not. Reinvesting dividends received from equity investments on a periodic basis such as monthly, quarterly, bi-annually or even annually can substantially boost the total returns earned, especially in the long-term due to the effect of compounding. …
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The stock market of Philippines was one of the best performing stock markets last year. It has continued that upward trend and has shot up by another 24% so far this year according to an article in the FT beyondbrics blog. An article on Frontier Markets in Bloomberg BusinessWeek earlier this year had an interesting …
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Charts are great way to visually represent data. The widely popular phrase “A picture is worth a thousand words” is indeed true, in most scenarios. However sometimes one has to dig deeper into the data shown in the chart in order to get a better understanding the information being displayed. From an article titled Real Estate: …
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Here is a chart that shows the various players in the pharmaceutical industry in the U.S.: Click to enlarge One of the fast-growing sectors within the healthcare industry is the pharmacy benefit management(PBM) business. The companies in this space provide administration services to control drug cots to patients and other clients. Express Scripts Holding …