What are the Best and Worst Performing Foreign Bank ADRs YTD?

The S&P; 500 Index is up 11.87% as of August 7, 2009. The Financials in the index are up 14.43%. However many of the foreign banks have risen considerably higher in the recent run-up in global markets. In fact many of the foreign bank ADRs are up over 50% Year-To-Date (YTD). Three foreign banks have …

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Six Large Cap ADRs With > 5% Dividend Yield

To find the ADRs with the largest market cap and best yields, I ran the stock screener with the following conditions: Stock Type = ADRs Exchange = NYSE Dividend Yield = 5%+ Market Cap = $100B+ The search resulted in 6 stocks noted below: Company: Royal Dutch Shell plc (RDS.A) Country: U.K. Sector: Oil Dividend …

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Some Global Stock Indices Are Up Big YTD

The S&P; 500 is down 2.67% year-to-date (YTD). Within the index some sectors such as financials, energy, industrials, telecom services are down more than 10%. The IT sector components are up nearly 20%. Among the international stock indices, some indices are up significantly so far this year. The stock indices that are up by more …

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