Bank ADRs: Leading and Lagging Year-To-Date

With the first quarter over for this year, its time to take a look at the performance of bank ADRs. The following 6 six ADRs are in positive territory as of April 1, 2009:1. Woori Finance – WF Year-To-Date (YTD) Change:17.38% 2.Credit Suisse –CS YTD Change:14.40% 3. Westpack banking – WBK YTD Change:14.11% 4.Banco de …

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Many Japan ADRs Are Up This Month Despite Export Plunge

The Japanese economy is a heavily export-drive economy. Japan imports raw materials such as iron ore, copper and other resources and makes many finished products using them for export. This was highly profitable to the Japanese as the world loved their products. however the demand for many Japanese products such as automobiles, consumer electronics, etc. …

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Six European Blue-Chip Stocks Under $10

Since the credit crisis began last year many of the former blue-chip stocks have been crushed to very low levels. Companies such as General Electric (GE), Citibank(C), Bank of America (BAC) are now trading in the single digits. Some of the European blue-chips are also down heavily with some losing over 90%. To identify the …

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Utility Stocks of the S&P ADR Index

The following are the utility components of the S&P; ADR Index: 1.Cemig-PN (Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais SA) – CIG Current Yield: 4.38% 2.Copel -PNB (Companhia Paranaense de Energia SA) – ELP Current Yield: 1.89% 3.Endesa-Chile – EOC Current Yield: 0.71% 4.Enersis SA – ENI Current Yield: 1.71% 5. National Grid plc – NGG Current …

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