One Country, One Investment !!!

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Buying individual foreign stocks involves higher risk than investing in a basket of stocks thru a [tag]fund[/tag].This is due to the simple fact that information on foreign stocks may not be readily available even in this internet age and also due to other usual risks associated with foreign investing.

Investing in foreign stocks via a fund can be done in a few ways such thru a [tag]Exchange Traded Fund[/tag] (ETF), [tag]Close-End Fund[/tag] (CEF) or a mutual fund, if one exists for a country.Picking up a fund reduces risk since there a fund is just a basket of stocks which provides diversification.Mutual funds for a specific country are rare.

So an investor has the option of picking up either an ETF or a CEF. In this post we will list the ETFs and CEFs available for countries in Europe.Not all European countries have CEFs. ishares, the leader in the ETF market, is the provider of many of the countrywise ETF for Europe.Both ETFs and CEFs have their pros and cons.

The table below shows the ETFs and CEFs – whichever is available for a country.If you know of any other ETF or CEF for these countries that are not listed here feel free to send an email or leave in the comments section.

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Sources:
1.ishares
2.ETFConnect


ADR Dividends for May !!!

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In this post, we will list some of the [tag]foreign stocks[/tag] which go ex-dividend this month.Investors looking for some dividends from quality [tag]ADR[/tag] stocks may find this post useful.

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1.ARACRUZ CELULOSE S A
Ticker: ARA
Ex-Dividend Date: 5-May
Dividend Amount: $1.219

2.Benetton Group
Ticker: BNPGY
Ex-Dividend Date: 5-May
Dividend Amount: $0.914

3.Eletrobras-Centrais Electricas Brasileiras S.A.
Ticker: CAIGY
Ex-Dividend Date: 5-May
Dividend Amount: $0.723

4.Energias de Portugal, S.A.
Ticker: EDPFY
Ex-Dividend Date: 5-May
Dividend Amount: $1.59

5.Adidas AG
Ticker: ADDYY
Ex-Dividend Date: 6-May
Dividend Amount: $0.294

6.Erste Bank Der Osterreichischen
Ticker: EBKDY
Ex-Dividend Date: 6-May
Dividend Amount: $0.427

7.[tag]Lukoil[/tag]
Ticker: LUKFY
Ex-Dividend Date: 6-May
Dividend Amount: $1.49

8.Old Mutual plc
Ticker: ODMTY
Ex-Dividend Date: 6-May
Dividend Amount: $0.698

9.[tag]UNITED OVERSEAS BK LTD[/tag]
Ticker: UOVEY
Ex-Dividend Date: 6-May
Dividend Amount: $0.661

10.Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.
Ticker:[tag] ANZBY[/tag]
Ex-Dividend Date: 9-May
Dividend Amount: $2.903

11.TELENOR ASA
Ticker: TELNF
Ex-Dividend Date: 9-May
Dividend Amount: $3.40

12.Yara International ASA
Ticker: YARIY
Ex-Dividend Date: 12-May
Dividend Amount: $0.605

13.Bank Pekao SA
Ticker: PKSVF
Ex-Dividend Date: 13-May
Dividend Amount: $3.411

14.Air Liquide SA
Ticker: AIQUF
Ex-Dividend Date: 14-May
Dividend Amount: $2.25

15.OMV AG
Ticker: OMVKY
Ex-Dividend Date: 14-May
Dividend Amount: $1.445

16.SHANGRI LA ASIA LTD
Ticker: SHALY
Ex-Dividend Date: 15-May
Dividend Amount: $0.308

17.SOLVAY S A
Ticker: SVYSY
Ex-Dividend Date: 15-May
Dividend Amount: $2.007

18.Sanofi-Aventis
Ticker: SNY
Ex-Dividend Date: 16-May
Dividend Amount: $1.133

19.Luxottica Group
Ticker: LUX
Ex-Dividend Date: 19-May
Dividend Amount: $0.561

20.ARKEMA
Ticker:[tag] ARKAY[/tag]
Ex-Dividend Date: 21-May
Dividend Amount: $0.979

21.Hypo Real Estate Holdings AG
Ticker:[tag] HREHY [/tag]
Ex-Dividend Date: 22-May
Dividend Amount: $0.557

22.BNP PARIBAS
Ticker: [tag]BNPQY[/tag]
Ex-Dividend Date: 23-May
Dividend Amount: $1.863

List of all European Utility ADR stocks !!!

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In this post lets review the [tag]utility ADRs[/tag] of continental Europe. There are nine stocks in this category with two each from Germany and France.

Utility stocks form an integral part of any well diversified portfolio for many reasons. Utilities usually provide stable, consistent,growing [tag]dividend yields[/tag], offer stability to the portfolio and grow slowly.

[tag]European utility[/tag] stocks have performed well in the past and continue to do well even in these rough times.[tag]EON[/tag] and [tag]RWE[/tag] are the two largest utilities of Germany that provide water, gas and electricity to the German industries and households. The stocks are a favorite of many index funds and offer decent yields.

[tag]VE[/tag] of France is another utility that has recently started placing ads in BusinessWeek. The company seems to be a well run company with a view to protect the environment.Suez is also another great utility.

Verbund of Austria is a highly respected and well run utility.

As seen from the table below, these utilities have decent dividend yields.An investor planning to invest in utilities of foreign countries may look into these stocks:

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Two Recently Split ADRs

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Recently a few ADR stocks that used to trade for higher prices have split and are now trading at lower prices.Two such ADRs are listed below.Usually smaller investors find higher priced stocks unattractive since they get fewer number of shares.Stocks over $100 tend to fall in this category.

1. Banco Bradesco – BBD
Split Date: April 16
Split Ratio: 3:2
Before Split: 29.73
After Split: 20.36
Current Price: $22.58

2. National Bank of Australia – NABZY
Split Date: March 28
Before Split: $140.30
Split Ratio: 1:5
After Split: $27.39
Current Price: $28.26

Soon to split ADRs:

Petrobras of Brazil – PBR
Nestle of Switzerland – NSRGY