Latin American Bank ADRs Show Strong Performance YTD

Emerging market banks were not affected much if anything at all in last year’s global meltdown. While most banks in the developed world or the “core” played with exotic derivatives and offered reckless loans to almost anyone with a heartbeat, emerging market banks stayed prudent and followed stable growth strategies. Hence almost all of the …

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14 Non-U.S Companies from the NASDAQ 100 Index

Many foreign companies are listed in the NASDAQ market. A few of them are part of the NASDAQ 100 Index which is the main index of this market. Definition of NASDAQ-100 Index from Wikipedia: “The NASDAQ-100 is a stock market index of 100 of the largest domestic and international non-financial companies listed on the NASDAQ. …

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Two Foreign Utilities with more than 6% Dividend Yield

CPFL Energia S.A. (CPL) of Brazil and National Grid plc (NGG) of UK current have dividend yields of over 6%. CPFL Energia S.A. (CPL earnings growth is about 35% and the revenue growth is about 10%. Last year the company had a total revenue of $5.8B. It is one of the highly profitable electric ) …

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