Emerging market banks were not affected much if anything at all in last year’s global meltdown. While most banks in the developed world or the “core” played with exotic derivatives and offered reckless loans to almost anyone with a heartbeat, emerging market banks stayed prudent and followed stable growth strategies. Hence almost all of the …
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Foreign stocks usually pay higher dividends. Five of the foreign ADRs that pay more than 6% dividends as of market close on November 20th are listed below: 1. Company: Torm A/S (TRMD) Sector: Shipping Country: Denmark Current Dividend Yield: 13.38% Please Note: I made a typo on the ticker for Torm A/S. The correct ticker …
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The Best 20 Australian Brands for 2009 are listed below: Click to Enlarge Source: Interbrand Some of the Australian companies that own the brands in the above list are listed in the US markets. These include Westpac Banking (WBK), National Australia Bank (OTC: NABZY), Australia and New Zealand Banking Corp (OTC: ANZBY).
Many foreign companies are listed in the NASDAQ market. A few of them are part of the NASDAQ 100 Index which is the main index of this market. Definition of NASDAQ-100 Index from Wikipedia: “The NASDAQ-100 is a stock market index of 100 of the largest domestic and international non-financial companies listed on the NASDAQ. …
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The list of 50 Most Valuable U.S. Retail Brands was published by Interbrand earlier this year. The Top 10 of these brands are listed below: [TABLE=249] Brand valuation methodology: “All contenders for the list must qualify as follows: the brand must be a market-facing brand, with publicly available financial data, and positive Economic Value Added …
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