The Brazilian equity and futures exchange in Sao Paulo is the 4th largest in the Americas and 13th largest in the world based on market capitalization. The main index of the Brazilian stock market is the Bovespa index. From Wikipedia: “The Bovespa Index (Portuguese: Ãndice Bovespa) is an index of about 50 stocks that are …
I ran the stock screener for high dividend/yield stocks, trusts and funds with yields greater than 10% and trading in the New York Stock Exchange. This resulted in the following list. Investors looking for high yields can use this list as a starting point for further research. Stocks and Funds Yielding > 10%: [TABLE=395] Magyar …
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In a recent article I wrote that U.S. public healthcare spending is projected to exceed private spending by 2012. U.S. healthcare expenditures was estimated to reach about 17.3% of the GDP in 2009. One of the beneficiaries of all this spending are the companies in the healthcare industry such drug makers, health insurers, etc. They …
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Tomorrow civil service workers in Greece plan to go on strike protesting the government’s pension reforms. A recent article in the NY times discussed the current situation in Greece. From a BBC article titled Greece plans to ban early retirement: “Greece’s government intends to raise the national pension age and ban early retirement as it …
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In the journal article “Sins of Past Guide Asian Banks“, Peter Stein notes that Asian banks are well capitalized than their U.K. and European peers. Singapore banks have higher equity Tier 1 ratios based on the proposed Basel 3 standards than Chinese and Indian banks. Australian banks are just a notch above European and British …