Most investors have stayed away from European banks since the credit crisis and the subsequent sovereign debt crises for good reason. Though European bank stocks rebounded last year and early this year, in the past few weeks they have fallen heavily due to the bailouts in Spain, political and fiscal issues in Greece and Italy …
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Asian banks for the most part remained relatively unscathed during the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. However that situation appears to be changing. According to a recent report in The Wall Street Journal, “Despite relatively strong economic growth, risks for banks are growing in Asia. Among the risks are a big increase in lending in …
The STOXX® Europe 600 Utilities index is down over 3% YTD (in terms of price in Euros) and is off about 22% in the past 52 weeks. In the past five years the index is down about 50%. Comprising of 27 of the largest utilities in Europe, the performance of the index in the 5-year …
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Depository bank BNY Mellon announced the creation of 14 new unsponsored ADR programs last month. The new unsponsored ADRs are listed below: [TABLE=1058] Disclosure: No Positions
Barclays publishes the Equity Gilt Study each year. The 56th edition was published last year. This report provides useful insights on the performance of US and UK equities, bonds and other assets. In addition, the report contains data on emerging markets, investment strategies and other related information. The following are few of the interesting charts …
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