May 30, 2010
in ADRs, FTSE, NYSE, SRI, UK, collapse, dividends, earnings, economy, energy, environment, foreign investment, investing, market trends, news and updates, oil, pound, regulation, resources, risk, stock picks
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The Deepwater Horizon oil catastrophe may soon start to effects of the oil leak spilling over onto the world economy. Before this happens, though, BP share prices are going to continue to decline and the valuations of most Brits’ pension funds are going to drop, since BP comprises a majority holding in most UK indexes.
BP [...]
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May 14, 2010 · 10 comments
in ADRs, USD, bailout, central banks, debt, diversification, europe, exchange rates, foreign investment, forex, international economy, opportunity, sovereign debt, stimulus
With the recent bailout of Greece, markets have not warmed up to Europe’s debt problems, and this has meant that the Euro has continued to weaken against the USD (sort of like a teeter-totter built out of CDO’s).
As of Friday, May 14, 2010, one Euro will buy a whole $1.237 USD. That means the Euro [...]
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In a previous post, I discussed the benefit of investing in stocks directly using dividend reinvestment plans (also known as direct purchase plans, direct reinvestment plans, or direct stock purchase plans – there are some slight pragmatic differences here, but nothing that should prevent you from getting started and enrolling). In this post [...]
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Many years ago I read a little book by Cemil Otar here in Canada called something like Your Guide to Commission-Free Investing. It was a self-published book and looked it. I think I picked it up in the Chapters Books that used to be near Bay and Bloor in Toronto. Lucky me [...]
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