A few years ago, I had a phone from Nokia (NOK) and I hated it. It was annoying. The games weren’t fun and the quality of the phone wasn’t the best. But Nokia has changed a lot since then.

Bowing to peer pressure from Eurocentric readers, today’s comment focuses squarely on opportunities in European indexes, or should that be ‘bourses.’

Nokia Shares Plummet on Missed Earnings; “The World” Developer Posts Quadrupled Annual Profits; Google Beats Estimates; Capital One Profit Drops 19%; TD Ameritrade Gets a Boost; Societe General Chief Steps Down; Avant Soars on Pfizer Deal; Southwest Ekes Out Profit.