The Worst Performing Foreign Bank ADR YTD: National Bank of Greece

On May 31, 2013 I wrote an article on National bank of Greece when it implemented a second reverse split and suggested that investors avoid Greek stocks. From the article: National Bank of Greece (NBG) has implemented a reverse split for the 2nd time in less than two years. In November, 2011 when the reverse …

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Some Comments On The U.S. Banking Industry

There are over 7,000 commercial and community banks in the U.S. In addition, there are over 7,000 credit unions. Hence consumers have a  plenty of choices to choose a bank that they want bank with. However the big four “super-banks” dominate the industry just like in other industries. These “super-banks” are Bank of America (BAC), …

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Are Under-Performing European Banks A Better Investment Than American Banks?

European banks have lagged in performance relative to their American peers since the Global Financial Crisis for many reasons. For example unlike U.S. banks, most banks in Europe were reluctant to raise capital by issuing shares. This only made the situation worse as they were unable to recover quickly. Five years after the crisis, the …

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Foreign Stocks Trading At Over $100 Per Share

One of the survivors of the dot-com era is the online travel company priceline.com Inc (PCLN). Yesterday its stock price closed at $1,062.17 per share. The share price first crossed the $1,000.00 on September 20th. So I was wondering which foreign stocks traded above $100.00 per share. According to BNY Mellon data, the following 14 foreign …

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