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Bob Goodman: U.S. to Experience Slower Economic Growth Over the Long Run

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The U.S. economy is projected to grow 2.6% this year and  2.3% next year according to IMF estimates. In September, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) declared that the 2008 financial crisis recession ended. However most Americans feel that the economy is still in deep recession. This can be attributed to stubbornly high unemployment …

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Banks and Energy Companies Dominate China’s Top 10 List

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The graphic below shows the top 10 Chinese companies based on market capitalization in the domestic market as of November 18, 2010: Click to enlarge Source: FT Markets Data Banking and energy firms dominate the list shown above with banks taking five of the ten spots. PetroChina (PTR), the integrated oil and gas producer, has …

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Top 10 Hungarian Banks by Assets

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The Top 10 Hungarian banks based on assets as of December 2009 are listed below: [TABLE=687] Source: FT Foreign banks have invested heavily in Hungarian banks. For example, MKB is majority owned by BayernLB. Raiffeisen is one of the leading Austrian Banks. CIB is majority owned by Intesa SanPaolo of Italy. GE(GE) of U.S. owns …

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Five Attractive Emerging Market Closed-End Funds

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Closed-end funds are considered to be cheap when the market prices of their shares trade at a discount to their NAVs. Hence investors looking to add some of this asset type to their portfolio may want to pick them up when they trade at a discount as opposed to a premium. From a recent Journal …

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Constituents of the STOXX Americas Select Dividend 40 Index

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The STOXX Americas Select Dividend 40 Index measures the performance of the highest dividend-paying stocks relative to their home markets. This index is created based on the following conditions: Stocks are screened by defined historical non-negative dividend-per-share growth rates and dividend to earnings-per-share ratios. Index components are weighted by their indicated annual net dividend yield, …

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