Emerging markets are the best performing markets this year. In the emerging markets, the main market index of countries like Brazil have skyrocketed year-to-date (YTD) relative to other countries. For example, the MSCI Brazil Index ETF (EWZ) is up an incredible 99.42% as of September 30,2009. Some of the Latin American ADRs have also have …
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The Global Finance magazine has published the best banks for 2009 in the global, regional and country categories. The list includes the best banks in 123 countries and 11 key banking categories. The winners were selected based on both objective and subjective criteria.”Objective criteria included growth in assets, profitability, geographic reach, strategic relationships, new business …
Despite the significant rise in the markets from the March lows, not all the stocks are up year-to-date (YTD). While many ADR stocks are in the positive territory for the year some are still down heavily. The Five Best and Worst Performing ADRs YTD are listed below. The Five Best Performing ADRs: Company: Spreadtrum Communications …
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European countries together with Russia rank number two and three in arms exports to other countries. Next to the US, Russia, UK, France, Germany have large defense industries that cater to the demands of the developing world. Earlier today in an article analyzing the global arms market, I discussed the top 10 defense contractors in …
Some investors consider defense stocks to be good investments during any market condition. But are defense stocks really recession proof?. An recent article titled A nations that merely wants peace in the New York Times says that “Despite a recession that knocked down global arms sales last year, the United States expanded its role as …