Investing with Emotions

Investing in the markets is not suitable for everyone.One should have a strong stomach when markets dive and not get carried away with greed when markets soar.The following chart shows the various stages of emotions that most investors experience with investing in equities: Click to enlarge Source: Emotions and markets, Global Investor, Credit Suisse A …

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A Review of Foreign Medical Device Makers and Healthcare Companies

Very few foreign medical device makers and healthcare providers are listed on the organized exchanges in the U.S. market. The following is a list of these companies a brief overview of them: 1.Company:Fresenius Medical Care (FMS) Current Dividend Yield: 1.33% Country: Germany 2.Company:China Kanghui (KH) Current Dividend Yield: N/A Country: China 3.Company:Mindray Medical International (MR) …

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Germany Set For A “Golden Decade”

The German economy is showing strengths of a robust recovery. German exports and imports in March reached record levels. From a press release by the Federal Statistics Office: Germany exported commodities to the value of Euro 98.3 billion and imported commodities to the value of Euro 79.4 billion in March 2011. As further reported by the Federal …

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Canada creates High-Paying Jobs, USA creates McJobs ?

The unemployment rate in Canada stood at 7.6% in April compared to 9.0% in the U.S. According to Bureau of Labor Statistics, 244,000 jobs were created in April. But how many high-paying, full-time jobs created in the U.S.?. Recently McDonald’s hired 62,000 people  in the U.S.after receiving more than a million applications. These jobs will …

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The World’s 20 Strongest Banks

The Bloomberg Markets magazine has published the list of The World’s Strongest Banks.Singapore-based Overseas-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) was ranked the world’s strongest bank based on its performance for the 2010 fiscal year.  The World’s Strongest Banks 1 Overseas-Chinese Banking (Singapore) 2 Svenska Handelsbanken (Sweden) 3 National Bank of Canada 4 Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce …

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