| DON'T BUY | 0.001 | David Driscoll | Has heartburn from its ABN Amro acquisition last June. Had another $2 billion write-down on CDO exposure and also had to sell assets to appease regulators. Scrapped the dividend and paid stock instead. This will create a huge dilution and earnings will probably be flat for the next couple of years. He sold his holdings. | 2008-07-04 | |
| Comment | 0.001 | Paul Harris, CFA | Involved with the Royal Bank of Scotland in the ABN-Amro deal and took over the retail business in the Netherlands. They have to integrate this, which is a longer-term process and could hold back the stock. If they meet all their targets they will do well over a longer period of time. | 2008-06-25 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 0.001 | David Driscoll | (A Top Pick June 22/07. Down 40%.) Belgian bank. Started buying more shares when the dividend was increased about 3 weeks ago. Still a Buy. | 2008-04-23 | |
| BUY | 0.001 | David Driscoll | Basically went down because of the takeover on the rights issue. 7% yield. With the ABN acquisition, they get the Dutch operations, which will be very good for them. Very limited sub prime exposure. A tremendous buying opportunity. | 2007-12-06 | |
| BUY | 0.001 | David Driscoll | (Euronext Brussels and Euronext Amsterdam exchanges.) Likes the company. Yields 5.47%. Very cheap at 8 X forward earnings. | 2007-08-16 | |
| TOP PICK | 0.001 | David Driscoll | (Not available on North American exchanges.) Bank and insurance companies in Europe. 5.25% dividend yield. PE ratio is about 10 X earnings. Very deep value play. | 2007-06-22 | |
| BUY | 0.001 | Charles Lannon | Under a new management team and is extremely well done. Shares have come off, because they are attempting a takeover, but is well worth it at this level.
dividend is 5.3. | 2007-06-07 | |
| BUY | 0.001 | David Driscoll | A Belgian bank/insurance company. Dividend yield of about 3.6% and interest rates are about 3.4%, so you are getting the same yield with the prospect of capital appreciation. | 2007-02-15 | |
| TOP PICK | 0.001 | David Driscoll | Yields about 4.5%. Insurance as well as banking in Europe and China. Likes the long term prospects. | 2006-12-05 | |
| BUY | 0.001 | Arthur Heinmaa | Even with the big run it has had, it is still fair value. | 2006-11-23 | |
| TOP PICK | 0.001 | David Driscoll | Belgium bank. The leading dental health insurer in North America and insurance in Asia/Europe. Yielding 5%. | 2006-09-21 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 0.001 | David Driscoll | (A Top Pick Aug 3/05. Up 32%.) Still likes. Dividends have been growing almost 20% a year. Yield of about 4.5%. Still likes and would recommend it as a buy. | 2006-09-14 | |
| TOP PICK | 0.001 | David Driscoll | Starting to grow out in eastern Europe where the big growth is occurring. The euro has been rising faster against the US$ than the Cnd$. A nice natural way to hedge your portfolio. 4% dividend. | 2006-05-25 | |
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