The Dow Jones Select Dividend Index family of indices measures contain the top dividend paying stocks at the regional, country and global levels. One of the country-specific dividend index in this family is the DJ Canada Select Dividend Index. The main features of this index are: Thirty stocks are selected to the index annually based …
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The Economist Intelligence Unit publishes Sovereign Ratings on 120 countries. The ratings for developed countries are updated bi-annually while the ratings for emerging countries are updated monthly. This rating “measures the risk of a build-up in arrears of principal and/or interest on foreign- and/or local-currency debt that is the direct obligation of the sovereign or …
Many stock market indices in Asia have performed very well this year compared to developed markets. For example, China’s Shanghai Composite Index is up 59%, India’s Sensex is up 76.5%, Taiwan’s Weighted Index is up 65.5%, Singapore’s Straits Times Index is up 52.2% YTD as of Oct 12th. European indices have risen about 20-30% this …
In this post lets take a quick look at the Top Foreign Stocks Traded in the New York Stock Exchange. Last year when I wrote an article with the same title there were 21 foreign ADRs. Many of them were bank stocks such as Barclays (BCS) , ING (ING), etc. The world of banking looks …
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The following stocks are the top 10 holdings in the ishares Canadian Sector Index Fund ETF: 1. Royal bank of Canada – RY 2. Toronto-Dominion Bank – TD 3. Bank of Montreal – BMO 4. Bank of Novo Scotia – BNS 5. CICB bank – CM 6. Manulife Financial – MFC 7. Sunlife Financial – …