As evidence of commercial interest in developing an ETF for the Nordic region, Global X Management has recently filed for such a product , based on the FTSE Nordic 30 Index. The Global X filing specifies that, "The underlying index tracks the performance of the 30 largest and most liquid companies in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland. The Adviser uses a passive or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective."
In contrast, the ETFI Nordic Region PerformIdex is a semi-active ETF proposal
I am the Global Editor at MoneyShow.com and each week I interview an investing expert. This week, I spoke with Allan Nichols, editor of Morningstar InternationalInvestor, who identifies the pitfalls and opportunities in global market today.
Q. Allan, how can investors protect themselves should the financial crisis in the US result in prolonged bear markets around the world?
A. Studies have shown the majority of returns from the stock market have been concentrated over a relatively f
Only Nokia has grasped the potential of “always-connected, anywhere, on-the-go connectivity”—and laid out the billions needed to sew up the technology. Only Nokia has moved beyond the device and made the phone a real service. A service that 900 million have already said they want, and 4 billion more in line behind them. In one conceptual move Nokia has changed the game. And that, my friend, is why Nokia is one of this century’s top GameChangers, given pride-of-place in my advisory, appropriately named GameChangers!
Handset makers took a beating last week amid weak earnings from Palm (PALM), and after Research In Motion's (RIMM) FQ2 earnings outlook came in below expectations. Nokia (NOK) and Apple (AAPL) fell in sympathy - 1.1% and 3% respectively.<!---->
Nokia has been hit by multiple analyst downgrades in recent weeks - and Barron's Plugged In editor Mark Veverka can't understand why. He thinks fears that the escalating cost of food (rice) in key emerging markets like China and India are overblown, suggesting some analysts fail to understand just how pervasive
Telco uber-analyst Tero Kuittinen from Global Crown Capital Equity Research just pinged me saying he is turning positive on Nokia (NYSE:NOK) here. This comes at a time when the market is turning very negative on the handset industry in general.
To recall, Tero went negative on Nokia back in January, and was about the only analyst spotting the market share erosion in Nokias European heartland. You can find his comments here.
We're seeing a period of stagnation in the phones market with Apple and Nokia is the leaders, they are now attempting to cut costs to post reasonable gains in the next few months. You can see this with Nokia's R&D unit being transferred to India. I had a target of 28 with a timeframe of 6 months from January 2007, and we can see that they hit right on the mark and have stayed there since. I expect them to hold this 27 to 29 mark for the next few months. Hopefully their Indian R&D move helps them come up with something new, but that will be at least 6+ months from now. This is a cost cutting...
Nokia is the largest mobile handset manufacturer in the world with a global market share of close to 40% in 2007. The company mainly operates in Europe, Asian Pacific and the Emerging markets.
Nokia has the highest profit margins among all cell phone producers and its profit margins is in the range of 15%-20% over the last 5 years. The company also managed to achieve high return of equity ratio above 25% over the last 5 years. This is a remarkable achievement as Nokia does not have a leveraged balance sheet.
Earnings growth is robust for the company in the last 2 years and...
3/19 - "Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) stock is trading lower today after competitor Sony Ericcson, a joint venture between LM Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and Sony (NYSE: SNE), warned that first-quarter sales could be lower than originally expected due to slowing demand for mid- and high-range mobile phones. If you think this stock won't be rising too far in the coming months, then it could be a good time to look at a bearish hedged play on NOK."
"I would consider a July bear-call credit spread above the $40 range. A bear-call credit spread is an options position that combines the purchase and sale o...
"As of 3/11, we are upgrading Nokia to Outperform from Perform and setting a $40 price target...Our checks indicate Nokia saw strong demand in January and an in-line February, with a soft contribution from China due to difficult weather conditions. Our recent checks suggest March is off to a strong start especially in Europe where Nokia gains its highest ASPs. We have not heard of any meaningful weakness in demand for 3G."
"We see more gains at the expense of weak Motorola (MOT, $10.01, P), which we now model well below street targets. Nokia's current limited exposure to the U.S. reduces n...
Nokia has been idle for some time---they have clearly changed gears and are focusing to go after a high-end, tech savvy base of users. Their phones will take some time to penetrate and become more cost effective. However, as they start to move from low-end "cheap" phones to high-end "tech" phones/pda's ...we'll see real competition with the likes of Apple and HTC, etc.
However, if a true recession hits--people will be reluctant to spend $$$ on phones...which could throw off Nokia, but all competitors as well.
Both Nokia's leadership in the developing world and its lead in smartphone are positive signs that point towards strong future growth. As the #1 provider of cell phones and 3G networks in both India and China, two gigantic markets with lots of room for penetration the future looks bright in Asia. Pair this with new model lines that can finally challenge other makers from a stylistic and feature standpoint and Nokia has the potential to also reclaim its #1 market position in the US as well.
NOK is the largest cell phone company in the world. End of conversation!!! There is no denying that this whale will push its weight through out the Pacific and the Atlantic. Grow limbs, establish itself on all 7 continents, and conquer the world so that the sun wouldn't set on the whale empire. Eventually, NOK will build a spaceship and own the whole universe.
You ever played poker? The whale always eats up the guppies and most of the time wins the tournament. Who wins a poker tournament without chips in his hands?
Of coarse you can make a sound of a monkey, but can you make a sound
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