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Ten European Consumer Staples Stocks To Consider

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Stocks in the consumer staples sector offer stability and steady growth. They are especially attractive during turbulent market conditions. As the name implies companies in this sector produce goods that consumers buy regardless of the economic conditions. Household products like toothpaste, food items, cleaning products, hygiene items, shampoo and even beer are good examples of consumer …

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Knowledge is Power: Portugal, Emerging Europe, Tulips and Stocks Edition

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Lazard’s Ryan: Why I’m maxing out my emerging market exposure (FE Trustnet) Don’t ‘set and forget’: Proper asset allocation is key to investment returns (Financial Post) Tulips and stocks: Don’t succumb to their charms  (The Globe and Mail) Portugal: Out of the bailout, out of the woods? (Deutsche Welle) The Japanese Economy: Will It Revive If …

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Investors Should Not Panic In A Global Crisis

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Investors should not panic and sell their holdings during times of extreme volatility in equity markets especially due to a global crisis. I wrote an article earlier this year discussing why panic selling is not good. During times of times of a crisis it is best to stay clam and not do anything. I wrote a couple of …

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

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European and US equity markets are very volatile this year.While the S&P 500 had a solid double digit growth last year,the index is having a rocky ride this year. The year-to-date price returns of some of the major developed and emerging benchmark indices are listed below: S&P 500 Index: 0.9% UK’s FTSE 100: -1.8% France’s CAC 40: 3.2% Germany’s DAX …

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Which Is Better For Dividends – Australian or Canadian Banks ?

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The banking industry in Canada and Australia are similar in many ways. For example, a handful of banks dominate the market in both the countries and hence competition is minimal.  However in terms of returning profits to shareholders, Aussie banks fare better than Canadian banks according to a report by Moody’s and quoted in a Financial …

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