Sentence examples for foreign shares from inspiring English sources

It held $6.6 trillion-worth of foreign shares and direct investments at the end of 2008, even as foreigners held $4.1 trillion-worth of American government securities.

Many mutual funds own foreign shares.

While the Japanese stockmarket has been dismal, foreign shares have roared ahead.

The target's shareholders, often mainly domestic, may not want foreign shares and might quickly dump them.

They may be prohibited from holding foreign shares, or may prefer another international bank.

Allowing them to buy foreign shares would teach them to make better judgments at home, says Mr Hu.

To add to the problems of holding foreign shares, there is the risk of the deal itself.

Mr. Yardeni recommends that American investors put 25to35percentent of their stock portfolios into foreign shares.

"Foreign stocks are insulated from the U.S. market — if U.S. stocks tumble, foreign shares generally decline, too," Ms. Hube writes.

And the commission is making it much easier for brokers to sell unregistered foreign shares to Americans.

This can involve the listing of foreign shares or depository receipts, alliances to exchange information or technology, or cross-border mergers.