While most investors have been focused on the fall in Apple’s (AAPL) market capitalization in the past few weeks, another interesting development related to market caps took place today in the world of foreign oil companies. Ecopetrol (EC) of Colombia overtook Brazil’s oil major Petrobras(PBR) in terms of market capitalization despite Petrobras producing three times …
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Market timing generally tend to be suitable for investing in emerging markets which an rise and fall sharply in just a few years or even months. However timing the market in developed country stocks is usually not a wise idea. However here is a chart showing the performance of S&P 5000 since 1997 that may …
In an article on European banks last month I suggested that it was not clear if rising stock prices of financials was an indicator of a bull market for the overall equity market. This post is an update to that discussion. According to a recent article in Bloomberg BusinessWeek, European banks have borrowed only a quarter of …
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The fast-food industry is a multi-billion dollar industry with huge presence not just in the U.S. but in countries around the world. People tend to prefer fast-food whether the economy is in expansion or contraction mode. The largest fast-food giant McDonald’s (MCD) operates more than 38,000 stores in 119 countries serving 69 million customers every …
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Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo also known as SABESP (SBS) was one of the top performing Brazilian ADRs in 2012.The ADR almost doubled last year. On Jan 24, 2013 the stock split 2 for 1.Before the split, each ADR was equal to two common shares. After the split, the ratio was changed to reflect one …