Crude Oil aka “Black Gold” and Natural Gas are two of the major commodities that are traded heavily in the international commodity markets. Countries that are blessed with these resources accumulate great wealth as the prices of oil and natural gas go up. Russia, for example, reaped huge profits in recent years when price of …
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Recently MoneySense magazine of Canada published the ten best stocks to buy and hold for the next 10 years. The stocks selected are listed below: Boeing (BA) Cemex (CX) Ebay (EBAY) Fairfax Financial (FFX) Leucadia National JNJ (JNJ) Microsoft (MSFT) Service Corp Transcanada (TRP) Walmart (WMT) Of the ten stocks above, majority of them are …
Last month we reviewed the Tier 1 Capital Ratios of Large US Banks. Most of them had Tier1 ratios in the 10% range based on data from first quarter. Today lets take a look at the Tier1 Ratio of large European banks. [TABLE=170] Note: The data shown above are the latest available from the company …
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From today under the “Daily Wisdom” title I shall post links based on particular theme. Today’s theme is ADRs of Brazil and also the economy. The idea here is to offer investors information on a specific theme from around the web in one place. Best Economy in the Americas – Brazil. Wall Street tends to …
No exit for Ben US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke believes that his new gadgetry will allow him to perform a feat of monetary magic no other central banker has managed to pull off. He can talk about it all he likes, but when it comes time to actually pulling the trigger, his nerves will …
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