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Top Proven Oil Reserves by Country
According to the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2012, Venezuela has the most proven oil reserves in the world. The country is estimated to have reserves of about 297 billion barrels followed by Saudi Arabia at 265 billion barrels. Saudi Arabian crude is considered to be of high quality. Venezuelan crude oil is is extra-heavy crude and is of [...]
Download: Citi’s Master List of Unsponsored ADRs
Hundreds of unsponsored American Depositary Receipt (ADR) stocks trade on the US OTC markets. The document attached below lists all those unsponsored ADRs for which Citibank is the depository: Download: Citi’s Master List of Unsponsored-ADRs ( in pdf format)
U.S. Large-Caps With Rising Overseas Revenues
One way to gain exposure to growing economies outside of the U.S. is to simply invest in companies that generate a larger portion of their revenue from those economies. The advantage with this strategy is information about these firms is much easier to find and investors may already know most of these firms and their [...]
The Top 10 Colombian Banks for 2012 Based on Tier 1 Capital Ratio
The Top 10 Colombian Banks for 2012 Based on Tier 1 Capital Ratio as of December 2011 are shown in the table below: Source: Top Latin American Banks by Country, The Banker BBVA Colombia is the subsidiary of Spanish banking group Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA) and Citibank Colombia is the subsidiary of the [...]
Why Invest in Equity Markets
Investors should invest for the long-term and should not try to time the markets. This is especially important for retail investors who lack the time, effort and information necessary to trade for short-term gains. Even most professional money managers with access to powerful tools and better information rarely perform better than the benchmarks. Equity markets [...]
Why Volatility Also Matters
Diversification of assets is an prudent way to reduce risk in a portfolio. While the concept of diversification is important volatility is another factor that investors should focus on to generate higher returns. Why does volatility matter? The table shows the performance of two sample portfolios with both having an initial investment of $1.0 million: [...]
