Archive of entries posted by David Hunkar

Ten Under-the-Radar Foreign Stocks Worth Investing In

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When it comes to investing in foreign stocks there are hundreds of companies that trade on the US markets.Some of them are popular and widely followed. For example, companies such as oil giant Total (TOT), banking group Barclays(BCS), Vodafone (VOD), Siemens(SIEGY), Nestle(NSRGY),  etc. are widely followed with thousands of shares changing hands everyday. However there …

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10 Large-Cap Foreign Stocks Paying More Than 5% Dividends

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The following is a list of ten foreign stocks with current dividend yields of more than 5%: 1.Company: Westpac Banking Corp (WBK) Current Dividend Yield: 5.56% Sector:Banking Country: Australia 2.Company: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Current Dividend Yield: 5.64% Sector: Pharma Country: UK 3.Company: NTT Docomo Inc (DCM) Current Dividend Yield: 5.08% Sector: Wireless Telecom Country: Japan 4.Company: Banco Latinoamericano de …

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Is Investing in Mature Tech Companies for the Long Term a Wise Strategy?

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One of the issues that long-term investors may consider is if they should invest in stocks of hi-tech companies. This group includes firms that became public in the past few years , freshly-minted IPOs and well established or mature firms. An example for each of this category can be Facebook(FB), Box Inc(BOX) and Cisco (CSCO). To answer my title …

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Knowledge is Power: Science, Comeback, Diversification Edition

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Guest post: 10 consequences of the commodity crash (FT beyondbrics) Should I Stay or Should I Go: Global Diversification Could be 2015’s Winner (Charles Schwab) The Philippines’ Cinderella story (MoneyWeek) A Few Words on Greece (Mark Mobius) Why investors need to change their attitude when they reach retirement (Trustnet) America dumbs down (MaCleans) Also see Americans Don’t Know Much About …

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