Five Foreign Stocks To Consider For Growth

I have written many articles on dividend stocks before. In this post let me list a few foreign stocks that can be considered for growth. While dividend stocks are good to hold, even a small portion of growth stocks in a portfolio can amplify returns significantly. 1.Company: Magna International Inc(MGA) Sector: Auto Components Country: Canada Recently Magna …

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Investors Should Never Try to Time the Markets

One of the topics I have written before many times is about investors trying to time the market.You can some of find those articles here and here and here and here. This strategy is never a good idea and always leads to investors losing out on returns. Investing in equity markets involves the risk of losing money …

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Year-to-Date Returns of Exchange-listed Foreign Bank Stocks

Many of the developed European markets are up by double digits so far this year. The S&P 500 is lagging its European years. Emerging markets are also not doing great. Among the global equities many banks have performed well. The following table shows the year-to-date returns of foreign bank stocks traded on the US exchanges: Note: Returns …

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On the Tier 1 Common Ratio of Large U.S. Banks

In October of last year the European Banking Authority published the results of its stress test results of European banks. Most of the banks studied by the agency passed the test with only 13 identified to need extra capital including  Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA of Italy, National Bank of Greece(NBG). From a Journal …

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