The World’s Safest Banks 2016

The Global Finance magazine published their 25th annual ranking of the World’s 50 Safest Banks earlier this month. The full list of the banks will be published in the November issue. From the press release: “The Safest Banks ranking for 2016 illustrates the impact of some the past year’s major political and economic shifts, with low oil prices in particular …

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35 High-Quality European Dividend Stocks

European dividend stocks offers offer higher yields than their US peers. Investors looking to diversify and add dividend stocks from Europe should consider some of the high-quality names in the continent. From an July article Peter Garnry at Saxo Bank: In a negative rate environment, a high-dividend yield portfolio is a good component of a long-term asset …

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Will E.ON ADR holders Receive Uniper Shares ?

German utility giant E.ON. AG (EONGY) recently spun off its fossil fuel business into a separate company called Uniper SE. US investors in E.ON may wonder if they will receive shares in Uniper. Here is some background info on Uniper: Since January 1, 2016, new E.ON and Uniper have been operating as separate legal entities. …

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How to Invest in Eurozone Blue-Chip Companies

Generally Blue-Chips are used to refer to high quality large-cap established firms.Unlike small and medium caps blue-chips tend to less volatile and the probability of a firm going bankrupt is very small. In order to identify the blue-chips of Eurozone countries, investors can use The EURO STOXX 50 Index. This index is comprised of 50 blue-chips from …

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