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Price Returns of Exchange-listed Foreign Bank Stocks Year-To-Date

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The chart below shows the price returns (excluding dividends) of exchange-listed foreign bank stocks year-to-date. Among the top performers are Argentine banks Banco Frances(BFR) and Banco Macro(BMA). As the Indian equity market is one of the best performing market in the world this year it is not surprising to see Indian banks ICICI(IBN) and HDFC (HDB) …

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Societe Generale: Three Reasons Why Dividend Stocks Offer Protection During A Down Market

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Dividend stocks offer many advantages over non-dividend stocks. I have written many articles on this topic before. Recently I came across an interesting note on the dividend edge in the Strategy -Quarterly Views report of Socgen’s Private Banking Group. From the report: There are many reasons why dividend-paying stocks should be favoured over non-dividend stocks in the …

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Knowledge is Power: Foreign Stocks, 2015 Predictions, US Coal Edition

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Here are the Canadian stocks getting a lift from the anything-but-oil rally (Financial Post) These ETFs Need an Exorcism (Bloomberg) A Smart Way to Include International Stocks in Your Portfolio (WSJ) The real story of US coal: inside the world’s biggest coalmine (The Guardian) What facts about the United States do foreigners not believe until they …

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The Life Cycle of a Mine

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“A gold mine is a hole in the ground with a liar standing next to it.” – Mark Twain Investing in mining companies is highly risky. It is not wise to simply invest in them based on reading some financial reports. For startup mining firms everything is based on speculation. Many years ago a Canadian gold miner called Bre-X collapsed …

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