Ten British Stocks To Consider for 2013 and Beyond

The British equity market offers many excellent companies for investors looking to add some exposure to UK and also earn a higher total return. Five reasons for investing in British stocks are listed below: The current dividend yield for UK is 3.4% compared to 2.2% for the US market. Due to the tax treaty with …

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U.S. Large-Caps With Rising Overseas Revenues

One way to gain exposure to growing economies outside of the U.S. is to simply invest in companies that generate a larger portion of their revenue from those economies. The advantage with this strategy is information about these firms is much easier to find and investors may already know most of these firms and their …

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A Comparison of U.S. Banking System to that of Other Countries

The U.S. has the world’s largest economy with a GDP of about $15.0 Trillion in 2011.Finance, Insurance and Real Estate collectively known as the FIRE sector are the some of the major industries in the country.During 2008-2009 the financial and real estate sectors triggered the financial crisis bringing the global economy almost to its knees. Though …

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Non-OECD Countries with Rising Coal Consumption for Electricity Generation

The following chart shows the non-OECD countries with increasing use of coal for electricity generation : Click to enlarge     Source: Medium-Term Coal Market Report 2012, IEA Related ETF: Market Vectors-Coal ETF (KOL) Also checkout: Should You Invest in the Land of Komodo Dragons? 10 Coal Stocks from the Russell Global Coal Index Why Invest in …

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Year-to-date Returns of Exchange-Listed Oil and Natural Gas Producers’ ADRs

The chart below shows the performance of exchange-listed foreign Oil and Natural Gas stocks year-to-date: Click to enlarge   Data Source: BNY Mellon Colombia’s Ecopetrol(EC) is the top performer this year with a return of about 32% so far.China’s CNOOC(CEO) and PetroChina(PTR) have also performed well with double-digit rises. Compared to these ADRs, Brazil’s Petrobras(PBR) has …

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