Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc. (AMEX:FAX)
About Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc. Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek current income. The Fund would seek to achieve its investment objective, through investment in Australian and Asian debt securities. The Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets plus the amount of any borrowings, for investment purposes, in Asian debt securities or securities denominated in, or linked to, the currency of an Asian country, and
20% of its net assets plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in Australian debt securities and New Zealand debt securities, or securities denominated in, or linked to, the currency of an Australian and/or New Zealand country. Statistics Symbol
FAX
EPS:
1.79
Current Price
$6.70
Market Capitalization:
1.77B
52 week range
$0.64 - $7.17
Beta
3.75
Avg Volume
1.04M
P/E
0.72
Financials As per its last financial statement ending April 30 th, 2010 Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc. (AMEX:FAX) generated the total revenue of $81.90 million for the quarter which has been increased by 12.3 percent as compared to the total revenue of $72.92 million for the same period last year. The company generated the net profit of $129.23 million resulting in earnings of $0.50 per share for the respective quarter as compared to the net income of $12.20 million or earnings of $0.05 per share for the same period last year. The company’s total assets accumulate up to $2,413 billion with highest proportion of fixed assets as its long term investments stand at $2.34 billion as on September 30 th, 2010. Aberdeen Asia Pacific Income Fund maintains a very strong capital structure with total liabilities of $635.90 million as compared to total equity of $1.77 billion.
Retail HOLDRs (ETF) (NYSE:RTH)
About Retail HOLDRs (ETF) The Retail HOLDRS Trust issues depositary receipts called Retail HOLDRS, representing an undivided beneficial ownership in the common stock of a group of specified companies that, among other things, sell retail merchandise to consumers through traditional retail stores, the Internet, mail order catalogs and other outlets. The Bank of New York is the trustee. The Retail HOLDRS Trust was formed under a depositary trust agreement dated March 12, 2001. The 19 issuers of the underlying securities represented by Retail HOLDRS, as of August 1, 2005, were Albertson's, Inc., Amazon.com, Inc., Best Buy Co., Inc., Costco Wholesales Corporation, CVS Corporation, Federated Department Stores, Inc., The Gap, Inc., The Home Depot, Inc., The Kroger Co., Kohl's Corporation, Lowe's Companies, Inc., Limited Brands Inc, The May Department Stores Company (Delaware), RadioShack Corporation, Safeway Inc., Target Corporation, The TJX Companies, Inc., Walgreen Co. and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Statistics Symbol
RTH
Beta
0.80
Current Price
$106.52
Market Capitalization:
505.21M
52 week range
$84.79 - $108.28
52 week change
Avg Volume
1.06M
P/E (ttm)
Funds Performance and Holdings Retail HOLDRs (ETF) (NYSE:RTH) maintains the year to date return of 11.06 percent for its stakeholders. However over the three year the fund total return was around 3.36 percent. Retail HOLDRs portfolio includes common shares of Wal Mart Stores Inc, Home Depot Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Target Corporation, Walgreen Company, Lowe’s Company, Costco Wholesale, TJX Companies Inc, CVS Caremark Corporation and Best Buy Co. Inc. Wal Mart Stores Inc happens to have the highest proportion in the holding of the fund standing at 18.80 percent.
Central Fund of Canada Limited (USA) (AMEX:CEF)
About Central Fund of Canada Limited Central Fund of Canada Limited (Central Fund) is an investment holding company. The Company is a specialized, passive holding company with most of its assets held in gold and silver bullion. Central Fund’s purpose is to hold gold and silver bullion on a secure basis for the convenience of investors in the shares of Central Fund. During the fiscal year ended October 31, 2009 (fiscal 2009), Central Fund’s net assets consisted of unencumbered and segregated, passive, long-term holdings of gold and silver bullion. The Company holds about 99.3% interest in gold bullion and 99.6% in the silver bullion, primarily in bar forms.
Statistics Symbol
CEF
EPS:
2.49
Current Price
$19.82
Market Capitalization:
4.72B
52 week range
$12.20 - $20.75
Beta
0.17
Avg Volume
1.17M
P/E (ttm)
7.96
Financials As per its quarterly financial statements ending July 31 st, 2010 Central Fund of Canada Limited (USA) (AMEX:CEF) reported the net loss of $101.69 million resulting in loss of $0.43 per share for the quarter. However the as per its last annual statements ending October 31 st, 2009 the company reported the net profit of $728.64 million. Its annual earnings per share stood at $4.17 for the period ending October 31st, 2009. The company’s total assets accumulate up to $3.17 billion according to its balance sheet as on July 31 st, 2010. The company maintains a strong capital structure with total liabilities of $1.95 million against the total equity of $3.170 billion.
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