The German economy grew sharply by 2.2% in the second quarter of this year according to data released on Friday. This figure is the highest recorded since the reunification of East and West Germany. From an article in The Economist blog: “The success of the euro-area’s largest economy owed a lot to a surge in …
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The stress test for European bank is over. The majority of the banks passed the test though some question the depth and usefulness of the exercises. Generally similar to US banks reporting better earnings, most of the large European banks are in the recovery phase and are reporting higher profits and lower provisions for losses. …
In this post lets take a quick look at two companies from Denmark. These are the only two Danish stocks traded on the organized US exchanges. 1. Novo Nordisk (NVO) Novo Nordisk is a healthcare company focused on the discovery, development, manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceutical products. It operates in two segments: diabetes care and …
Out of the many Chinese stocks that are now available to US investors, two stocks that may warrant a look are chemical makers Chemspec International (CPC) and Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical (SHI). Just like banks are the most important part of an economy, chemical companies are critical to the growth of other industries. This is simply …
A recent “Heard on the Street” column in The Wall Street Journal discussed about the juicy dividends offered by European stocks. From the article: “Average dividend yields on European stocks are now higher than those on government bonds for only the third time in 30 years. On the past two occasions, in early 2003 and …
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