Some investors have the misconception that one should invest in emerging stocks mainly for capital appreciation. However that need not be the case. Many emerging market stocks pay above average dividends and hence they are attractive for both capital growth and dividend income. According to FT market data, the S&P 500 has a dividend yield …

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The following chart shows the top 20 Depository Receipts (DR) programs in 2011: Click to enlarge Source: Depository Receipts Year in Review 2011, J.P. Morgan About half of the companies in this list are in the oil&gas and mining industries. British telecom firm Vodafone(VOD), French oil major Total (TOT),  and Russian oil company Lukoil (LUKOY) …

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U.S. investors’ interest in foreign stocks is increasing every year. To cater to this demand and to raise capital, foreign companies are increasingly listing their stocks on the major U.S. exchanges or on the OTC markets. According to a report by JP Morgan, DR trading volume hit a record high increasing 16% to 160 billion …

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Deutsche Bank has published their top 7 European stock picks for 2012.From an article in Forbes magazine: Deutsche Bank’s analysts’ thesis is that even if the eurozone economy goes to hell until it gets its sovereign debt in order, the firms it picked aren’t going away because of their solid fundamentals, niche markets, brand strength …

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