Forget What You Heard: Pay Attention to These European Companies

Author: Frank Holmes
Date Posted: August 22, 2014 Read time: 2 min

In this MarketWatch article, author Michael Brush acknowledges the slower growth we’ve witnessed out of Europe lately due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and Russia. His article continues, however, with quotes from various fund managers who agree that there are many great companies that investors are missing out on because of this ongoing fear. They say now is the time when people should be taking notice of Europe rather than running scared.

Frank Holmes highlights BMW as an example of a European company with great global influence. BMW doesn’t sell cars solely in Europe; you see them on highways all over the world.

Read what Frank and other investment experts tell MarketWatch about five European companies with great global brands.

 

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