Banco do Brasil (OTC: BDORY) is the latest Brazilian company to list its ADR shares on the OTC market. The bank is controlled by the Barilian government and operates 15,964 branches in Brazil and foreign countries. BB for short, Banco do Brasil is the largest financial institution in the country with 24.4 million customers with …
The Dow Jones BRIC Brazil 15 Index represents 15 of the largest and most liquid stocks traded on the Bovespa stock exchange of Brazil. In US $ terms, the index had an exceptional performance this year. As of November 30th, the index is up nearly 136%. In terms of the Brazilian Real it is up …
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The Dow Jones BRIC India 15 Index tracks the performance of the 15Â most liquid and largest stocks traded on the Indian exchanges. As of November 30,2009 the index has a total return of 77% in US dollar terms. The dividend yield of the index is 0.95% and the annual rebalancing occurs in June. The …
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Some of the foreign oil companies trade on the over-the-counter exchanges in the U.S.  A few of these ADRs include Gazprom and Lukoil of Russia, GDF Suez of France, S-Oil of South Korea. The Complete List of Sponsored Oil ADRs Traded on the U.S. OTC markets are listed below: [TABLE=261]
I came across two charts that show the dismal performance of U.S. equities in this decade. The first chart below is from the Numbers column in the latest issue of Bloomberg Businessweek. It shows the return of U.S. S&P 500 Index from Dec 31, 2009 thru Dec 14, 2009. The S&P 500 lost 23% in …