ADR Dividend History – B Stocks

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The dividend history of ADR stocks whose ticker begin with “B” are listed below:

1. Company: Barclays PLC
Ticker: BCS
Country: UK

Barclays ADR Dividends

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2. Company: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
Ticker: BBV
Country: Spain

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Dividend History

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3. Company: Banco Santander-Chile
Ticker: SAN
Country: Chile

Banco Santander Chile Dividend History

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4. Company: The Bank of Ireland
Ticker: IRE
Country: Ireland

The Bank of Ireland Dividend History

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5. Company: BANCO ITAU HOLDING FINANCEIRA ADR (ITU)
Ticker: ITU
Country: Brazil

Banco Itau Holding Fiananceira ADR (ITU) Dividend History

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6. Company: Banco Macro S.A ADR (BMA)
Ticker: BMA
Country: Argentina

Banco Macro S.A ADR Dividend History

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7.Company: BASF AG ADR (BASFY)
Ticker: BASF
Country: Germany

BASF AG ADR Dividend History

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8. Company: BAYER AG ADR (BAYRY)
Ticker: BAYRY
Country: Germany

BAYER AG ADR Dividend History

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9. Company: Braskem ADR
Ticker: BAK
Country: Brazil

Braskem ADR Dividend History

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10. Company: British American Tobacco plc ADR
Ticker: BTI
Country: UK

British American Tobacco plc ADR Dividend History

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11.Company: British Land Co ADR
Ticker: BTLCY
Country: UK

British Land Co ADR Dividend History

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12. Company: BUNZL PLC ADR
Ticker: BZLFY
Country: UK

BUNZL PLC ADR Dividend History

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Emerging Markets Food ADRs !!

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Food prices are rising world-wide for many reasons – two of which are the rise in crude oil prices and the demand for corn to produce ethanol, an alternative for gasoline.Emerging and less developed countries have seen a dramatic increase in food prices in the recent months.

Food producers in emerging countries are an attractive sector to invest now.Some of these food ADRs are already near their 52-week highs.

In this post, lets look at some of the Latin American Emerging Market Food ADR stocks:

1. Company: Cresud
Ticker: CRESY

Current PPS: $14.95
Country: Argentina
Industry: General Agriculture and Livestock

2.Company: Gruma
Ticker: GMK

Current PPS: $10.63
Country: Mexico
Industry: General Agriculture and Livestock

3.Company: Industrias Bachoco
Ticker: IBA

Current PPS: $27.56
Country: Mexico
Industry: Poultry

4.Company: Perdigao
Ticker: PDA

Current PPS: $55.88
Country: Brazil
Industry: General Agriculture and Livestock

5.Company: Sadia
Ticker: SDA

Current PPS: $21.27
Country: Brazil
Industry: General Agriculture and Livestock

One Foreign Market Index, One ETF !!

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For many years, ishares’s single country ETFs have dominated the ETF market for investing in one specific country. These ETFs tracked the main market index of the corresponding countries. They have been a huge success with funds such
as EWG and EWA collecting assets of over $1.0B since launch.

Due to the success of the ishare’s single country ETFs and the rising investor demand for foreign markets exposure, Northern Trust has recently launched a bunch of country based ETFs that will track the market index of the corresponding countries.Northern Trust hopes that it can become a serious competitor to the dominance of ishares in this area.

The new ETFs from Northern Trust are:

NETS(TM) Hang Seng Index Fund (Hong Kong) – HKG
NETS(TM) TOPIX® Index Fund (Japan) – TYI
NETS(TM) CAC40® Index Fund (France) – FRC
NETS(TM) FTSE 100 Index Fund (UK) – LDN
NETS(TM) DAX® Index Fund (Germany) – DAX
NETS(TM) S&P/ASX 200 Index Fund (Australia) – AUS


Analysis:
Since their launch in mid April this year, they ETFs have been doing ok.Volume is still pretty low in the thousands or a few hundered shares on a daily basis. Hopefully the volume will pick up as more investors discover the benefits of going foreign with these
simple and easy index based ETFs.

For now, its best to watch these ETFs over the next few months and see how they perform before investing in them.We would n’t be surprised if AUS and DAX end up with more assets and stock price appreciation by the end of the year than the other four.

Links:
1. ishares

British Bank ADRs – A Bargain?

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There was an article in the “This is Money” site on May 8th about British bank stocks. The article basically suggested that maybe its time to cherry pick some of these battered
banks.Experts seem to believe that the worst of the credit crunch is finally over and that good times are ahead for British banks.

In the article,Guy de Blonay, a financial expert, and manager of the New Star Financials fund said “I would be surprised, given the information we have now, if financial stocks were not higher in 12 months time.”

As per the article, the market consensus on the following three banks are “Hold”.
1. Llyods Bank
2. Barclays
3. HSBC

Standard Chartered is a “Cautious Buy”.

The article puts HBOS and Royal Bank of Scotland,Allicane & Leicester in the weaker banks category and a “Weak Hold” rating on them.

Llyods

ADR Impact:LYG, BCS, HBC, HBOOY and RBS trade as ADRs in the US.

Allicane & Leicester and Standard Chartered are not available as ADRs.

The following table lists some of the key financial ratios on these British Banks :

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Lloyds bank does not have heavy US exposure and investments like HBC.So we would argue that it is a buy at these levels considering the excellent dividend yields.

Barclays has been hit pretty bad in recent months due to the failed attempt to acquire ABN Amro of Holland. Still BCS is a good buy for the long-term.It is a truly global bank with branches in many countries.

HBC may have some more losses and may find the going tough due to its acquisition of Household International a few years bank which lends heavily to high risk borrowers.If the economy worsens then HBC could face more problems.

HBOOY is a buy since it is mostly a UK-focussed mortgage lender.The share price is < $10 in the US. If you believe that the UK housing market is different than the US and
that the UK housing may not plunge as in the US, then HBOOY is a definite buy at these levels. The stock got split a year or two ago as the company rode the housing boom in the UK.

RBS was listed on the NYSE recently.This is a definite buy at these levels since the bank has an awesome yield and has been in business for over 100+ years operating
with a traditional Scottish management principles. Also recently the bank undertook a major re-capitalization program to shore up its bruised but not broken balance sheet.

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Is it time to buy bank shares?