A Look At Leading Blue-Chip Companies From The Eurozone

The Top 50 blue-chip companies in the Eurozone are represented in the Euro Stoxx 50 Index. The Eurozone countries covered by this index are Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. For investors looking to gain exposure to developed Europe this index offers an excellent starting point for identifying potential …

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French Stocks in Focus

The French election is currently under-way. Tomorrow global investors may react based on the outcome of this divisive election. For US investors, only 11 French companies now trade on the organized exchanges. However those willing to go to the OTC markets have an additional 102 companies to choose from. Among the major firms trading on the NYSE …

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The Number of U.S. Stock Listings Continue To Decline

The total number of U.S. listed companies has continued to fall since the 1990s. From 1980 thru 1996 the number of listed companies rose steadily. But since then the number has declined year-after-after. The consequences of the low number of listed companies available for investors is huge. According to a research report from Credit Suisse, …

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New Feature Added: Dividend History of Dow Jones Index Constituents

One of the new features that I have added on this site is the Dividend History of Stocks. Currently the dividend history of all the components of the Dow are posted. More dividend history pages of other companies will be added regularly. You can check out the dividend history pages by clicking on the Dividend …

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Tech Firms Dominate The World’s Top Companies By Market Value

Silicon Valley tech companies dominate the list of the world’s top eight companies by market capitalization. The five tech firms in the list are: Apple(AAPL), Alphabet(GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Amazon (AMZN) and Facebook(FB). Old-world giants like Exxon Mobile(XOM) and Johnson & Johnson(JNJ) have lower market caps than the tech titans. Click to enlarge Source: Silicon Valley behemoths …

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