Swiss Cheese & Swiss ADRs !!

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Image: Swiss Mountain Lake
Source: www.switzerland-trips.com


Question:
Why does Swiss Cheese have holes in it?
Readers leave your answers in the comments sections.:-)

Now lets talk about stocks specifically stocks from Switzerland that trade as ADRs in the US.

There are 11 Swiss stocks available to invest in US.Five of them trade in the NYSE and the rest in the OTC market. Of all these stocks probably the best stock for the future is ABB.

Swiss ADR stocks trading in the NYSE are:
1. ABB Ltd – ABB
2. UBS Group – UBS
3. Credit Suisse – CS
4. Novartis – NVS
5. Syngenta – SYT

UBS and CS are in the banking/financial services sector. Both of them are down a lot from their 52 week highs due to heavy losses in the subprime mess.For an investor with a long-term view and looking for some exposure to strong financial stocks, these might be good picks. Here are some specific details:

Credit Suisse – CS
Current PPS – $55.49
52 Week Change = -28.72%
Dividend Yield – 2.89%
S&P; Rating – 3 Stars

UBS Group – UBS
Current PPS – $34.80
52 Week Change = -42.39%
Dividend Yield – 4.98%
S&P; Rating – 4 Stars

ABB Ltd – ABB
ABB is in the Infrastructure space.For more details on ABB please checkout our earlier posts titled:
ABB(a) ABB(a) !!!
ABB Q1 2008 Earnings !

Novartis – NVS
NVS is in the pharmaceuticals industry. The stock has held up well in the past year.Probably the best Novartis brand that many folks in the US might know is Gerber, the baby food brand. Gerber makes all kinds of baby related food items.

Current PPS – $51.19
52 Week Change = -11.79%
Dividend Yield – 3.00%
S&P; Rating – 3 Stars

Syngenta – SYT
SYT has been a roll recently due to the global rise in food prices and the heavy demand for agricultural related stocks. For more info. on this issue refer to:
Food and Beverage ADR Stocks !!

Current PPS – $58.96
52 Week Change = 58.20%
Dividend Yield – 1.63%

Swiss ADR stocks trading in the OTC market are:
1. Ciba Specialty Chemicals – CSBHY
2. Zurich Financial Services – ZFSVY
3. Swisscom – SCMWY
4. Swiss Reinsurance – SWCEY
5. SCOR Holding – SCRJY
6. Nestle – NSRGY

Swiss ADR stocks trading in the NASDAQ market are:
1. Logitech International – LOGI

Nestle is one of the top brands in the world and its ADR NSRGY is one great stock. For more details on Nestle checkout:

Nestle ADR Stock Split !!!
Lux, Dairy Milk, Kit Kat & more !!

Zurich Financial, Swiss Reinsurance and SCOR are in the insurance sector.LOGI is in the tech field and SwissCom in the telecom sector.

One Country, One Investment !!!

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Image: European Union (EU) flag

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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