Past Dividends for ADR Stocks

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From this page, you can access the dividend history for many foreign ADR stocks. This includes the dividend history of foreign stocks traded on the organized exchanges and the OTC (pink sheet) market.

Click on the link below on the first character of the stock ticker to go to the dividend history page. For eg. – click on “A Stocks” if you want historical dividend information for Australia and New Zealand Banking Group. (ANZBY).

1. A Stocks

2. B Stocks

Note: New stocks will be added on a regular basis.So check back often !.

Three Very Cheap Foreign Stocks

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The following three foreign stocks look very cheap now:

1.Company: Westpac Banking Corp.
Ticker: WBK
Country: Australia
Sector: Banking
Yield: 6.39%

2.Company: Veolia Environnement SA.
Ticker: VE
Country: France
Sector: Multi-Utility
Yield: 2.83%

3.Company: ERSTE BANK DER OEST SP
Ticker: EBKDY
Country: Austria
Sector: Banking
Yield: 1.72%

Argentina ADR Stocks

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In this post, lets review the Argentina ADR stocks listed in the US.

Argentina survived a severe economic crisis in 2001-02.After 2002, the country started to recover slowly.The country is blessed with abundant natural resources and has an export-oriented economy. Most of the people are literate and Argentina has the largest European population in South America.

The following table lists the ADRs of Argentina. Important details such as the current yield are provided as well.

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Note: All data is as of June 10,2008

Argentina is a beautiful country and is popular among seasoned travelers.More information on tourism can be found here.


Photo: World’s Widest Street, Buenos Aires
Credit: www.art.com

Belgium ADR Stocks

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There are only four Belgium stocks listed in the US.Out of these, two stocks that are worth looking into are listed below:

1.Company: Delhaize Group
Ticker: DEG
Price per share: $77.92
Dividend Yield: 2.86%

Delhaize is a food retailer which usually has very low margin. The stock performance over the past 5 years has been average and the chart looks ok.There are other better opportunities in the food sector.

2.Company: Solvay SA
Ticker: SVYSY
Price per share: $154.50
Dividend Yield: 3.66%

Note: All stock data is as of June 6, 2008

Solvay operates in the Chemicals,Plastics and Pharmaceutical sector.1st quarter 2008 results announced last month showed pretty much flat numbers when compared with 1Q2007.For 26 years Solvay has increased dividend payments when possible and has never reduced it.The current yield is very good for a chemical company.

Both Delhaize and Solvay are part of the Belgium ETF discussed below.

One can also invest in Belgium by the ETF route. ishares Belgium ETF (EWK) has about $253+ Mil.assets and an expense ratio 0.51%.

EWK is HEAVILY concentrated with financial stocks making up over 60% of portfolio.So caution is warranted before investing in this ETF.Over 5 years the ETF has an annualized return of about 27.5%.

Gerdau S.A. Stock Split 2008

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Gerdau S.A. (GGB), the Brazilian steel maker, has announced a stock split on May 30th,2008.

Split Details
Company: Gerdau S.A.
Ticker: GGB
Country: Brazil
Current Price/Shr:$50.42 (As of June 7,2008)
Split Ratio: 1:2
Record Date: June 17,2008
Ex-Date:June 20,2008

GGU has a yield of 0.68% and has grown over 125% over the past 52 weeks. A $10,000 invested 5 years ago in GGB would be worth $280,690 on June 5,2008. (Source: S&P Quantitative Stock Report)