Most of the oil and natural gas producers and related players in the energy sector are down year-to-date. In addition to the weakness of economies around the world, the fall in crude oil prices have contributed to this poor performance. The table below lists all the exchange-traded energy ADRs together with their YTD returns: [TABLE=1040] …
A low Price-to-Book(P/B) ratio implies that the stock may be undervalued. This ratio can be used together with other factors in identifying potential investment opportunities. The following five foreign stocks have P/B ratios of ≤ 0.75: 1.Company: Banco Santander SA (SAN) Current Dividend Yield: 9.98% Sector: Banking Country: Spain 2.Company: Brasil Telecom SA (BTM) Current …
Most European equities are in the negative territory year-to-date. This presents a good opportunity for investors with a long-term horizon of five years or more. High-quality companies are now selling at a deep discount and there are plenty of them across the continent to choose from. Ten companies from a few sectors are listed below …
Volatile equity markets and divergent economic growth between the developed and emerging markets have driven trading in Global and American Depository Receipts to new records, according to a mid-year review report by BNY Mellon Depository Receipts. During the first half of this year, 80.5 billion DRs valued at an all-time high of $1.91 trillion, traded …
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The S&P 500 is up 6.3% YTD. Most emerging markets are down so far this year. The following are the YTD performance of select Latin American country indices: Brazil Bovsepa: -13.5% Mexico IPC All-Share: -8.0% Chile IPSA: -6.2% At current prices some Latin American stocks have high dividend yields. Five Latin American equities with …
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