Foreign utilities trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) are listed below with with their Year-To-Date(YTD) performance and current dividend yields: [TABLE=1070] Disclosure: Long KEP, VE
Equity markets worldwide started the year strong. However in the past few weeks they have been highly volatile with most of the markets declining considerably from the highs reached this year. The Year-To-Date (YTD) performance of some of the major indices are noted below: S&P 500 Index: 3.0 % CAC 40: -4.8% DAX: 6.3% FTSE …
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Barclays publishes the Equity Gilt Study each year. The 56th edition was published last year. This report provides useful insights on the performance of US and UK equities, bonds and other assets. In addition, the report contains data on emerging markets, investment strategies and other related information. The following are few of the interesting charts …
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Quoting Barron’s, Blogger and fund manager Barry Ritholtz posted the following interesting chart on the performance of various asset classes since the March 2009 lows: Click to enlarge Source: Bottoms Up! From March 9, 2009 to Today, The Big Picture I wanted to see how the various US-listed foreign banks have performed from March 9, …
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In the past few months global equity markets rose on the hopes of an economic recovery. During that time crude oil prices also steadily increased. However in recent weeks crude oil prices have shot up strongly with the Greek economic crisis and the war on Iran taking center stage again. While an attack on Iran …