Buy, Sell or Hold: Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) Will Benefit from Germany’s Strength and the Euro’s Weakness

The euro has suffered from the Greek debt crisis, and Spain and Portugal also are under closer scrutiny .  But there are still significant opportunities for profit in the Eurozone. Germany, for example, has the lowest debt to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio of all the major advanced industrial economies.  And right now, it is taking measures to bring its budget deficit quickly into line.  Despite a very rigid labor system, Germany is the second-largest exporter in the world, right after China. And the recent euro sell-off has given an extra "subsidy" of some 25% to German exporters. This "subsidy" is likely to last for quite a while, since the structural situations of weaker European Union (EU) member countries will take time to resolve.  It goes way beyond just having European banks pass some stress tests .  So we are going to take advantage of a prudently managed exporting powerhouse with Siemens AG (NYSE ADR: SI ) . Siemens is a conservatively run firm.  It has very low levels of debt, which is rated in the middle of the investment grade scale (A).  And despite the weakness in Europe, it has managed to increase its bottom line by 50% from last year's levels.