Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV (PHG) from Holland and Tomkins plc (TKS) from the UK are two industrial stocks from the S&P; ADR Index. Philips Electronics (PHG) is mainly a consumer electronics maker. The company is known worldwide for light bulbs, radio, televisions and other devices. Philips also makes many high-end devices for the medical industry. …
Some of the world famous Japanese company stocks like Honda, Toyota, Hitachi and Matsushita have held up well in this bear market. Except Honda the other three are down year to date with Toyota in double digits. 1. Honda Motor Co Ltd – HMC Honda, the world famous auto maker, has a dividend yield of …
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One of the dividend indices from Mergent is the “Mergent International Dividend Achievers”. The constituents for this index are selected based on the following condition: “To become eligible for inclusion in the International Dividend Achievers Index a stock must be incorporated outside the United States , trade on the NYSE, NASDAQ or AMEX, and have …
The following country specific closed-end funds are trading at a discount to their NAVs. This means they are cheap to pick up at these levels. This is not the only factor that must be considered before investing in them. But its a good point to starting one’s research into the world of closed-end funds. In …
Vinci SA (VCISY) is an infrastructure company based in France. VCISY , the ADR for Vinci trades on the OTC market. Vinci is a pure infrastructure play because it builds, maintains and operates many infrastructure things like roads, bridges, buildings, stadiums, transportation, etc. There are not many companies in this space which are available as …