The U.K. and Germany are two of the largest economies in Europe. In terms of investment returns, Germany is well ahead of the UK in the past five years as shown in the chart below: Source: MSCI Barra The chart compares the performance of MSCI country index for Germany and the UK in dollar terms. …
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European car companies continue to increase production compared to last year as demands picks up in the domestic and overseas markets. Car makers in European have traditionally built smaller, fuel-efficient cars that are demanded by European consumers. In addition, these companies also reproduce the same strategy when selling in the fast-growing emerging markets such as …
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The Dow Jones Canada Select Dividend Index represents the leading Canadian stocks by dividend yield. The index contains 30 stocks which are selected annually based on dividend yield. The divided yield of this index is 4.37% as of July 30th. The annualized total return of the index is 10.65% in Canadian dollar terms. Financials account …
Indonesia has been recently discovered by international investors as an attractive destination for investment. Yesterday’s NY Times had an article highlighting Indonesia’s growth story. From the article titled Indonesia Takes on an Attractive Sheen: “JAKARTA — After years of being known for inefficiency, corruption and instability, Indonesia is emerging from the global financial crisis with …