The 2009 performance of thirteen large US bank stocks is listed below: [TABLE=271] The worst performer is Citibank(C) which lost 50%. Despite bailed out by the tax payers with billions of dollars Citi could not recover like its peers. Citibank stock is now cheaper than the cost of a McDonald’s value meal.The best performing bank …
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The graph below shows the performance of New York and St.Petersburg Stock Exchange of Russia for the 50-year period from 1865 thru 1917: Source: Capital-Flow-Analysis.com “By 1910, stocks on the St. Petersburg Exchange had increased fourfold in value since 1865, compared to a mere doubling on the NYSE .” Sometimes exogenous variables play an important …
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The 2009 performance numbers of foreign bank stocks traded in the US markets are listed below in three sections. a. Foreign Bank ADRs [TABLE=270] The best foreign bank ADR was Banco Macro of Argentina with a return of 175%. The worst performer was Llyods Bank of UK which lost 56%. Another British bank Royal Bank …
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