6 Dividend Yield Stocks From Belgium

I frequently make this reference in talks, though I can’t recall having blogged it yet. Here is one report from the front today: Corporate earnings have risen at an annualized rate of 20.1 percent since the end of 2008, he said, but disposable income inched ahead by 1.4 percent annually over the same period, after adjusting for inflation.

The Financial Times reports Brussels hit by strike as EU leaders meet. A general strike brought widespread disruption to Belgium on Monday, as European Union leaders arrived for a summit in Brussels with a focus on boosting employment across the region. Trains, shipping, air travel and public transport were all hit by the trade union action, called in response to reforms enacted hastily by the new government of Elio Di Rupo.

Article written by Prieur du Plessis, editor of the Investment Postcards from Cape Town blog.By Cees Bruggemans, Chief Economist of FNB.Global financial markets again sold off massively and en masse today, giving up all the comeback from last week’s widespread panic conditions.There are at present two major sources of potential market crisis and panic, namely US finances and European sovereign debt and banks.

Article written by Prieur du Plessis, editor of the Investment Postcards from Cape Town blog.This post is a guest contribution by Olivier Bizimana of  Morgan Stanley.

Spain has reached it budget deficit target of 3.5% of GDP. The problem is, Spain did it in 5 months, not 12. Via Google translate, Spain has Budget Deficit 36.364 Billion Through May.

Every country in the world understands the need for global trade rebalancing. Yet, politicians have done nothing but take stances that mathematically cannot work. Mathematical Impossibilities

By Guraaf:Spain is the 12th-largest economy in the world by nominal GDP. It is a member of the European Union and is the fourth-largest economy of eurozone. Spain had a huge colonial past (Spanish is the second most widely spoken language after Mandarin/Chinese). This gave Spanish companies a huge market outside of their traditional home base. Additionally, the Spanish economy benefited from a real estate boom in the 1990s and 2000s.

Article written by Prieur du Plessis, editor of the Investment Postcards from Cape Town blog.David Rosenberg, Chief Economist and Strategist of Gluskin Sheff & Associates, has often been accused of being a perma-bear. In the paragraphs below he explains his “preservationist” stance.