The Best Banks of the World 2008

One of the worst performing sector in the current bear market is the financial sector. Many bank stocks are down over 50% or more. The financials in the S&P 500 Index is down 56.3% year-to-date. On the international level, many well known banks have had to raise capital to stay in business.Others have been gobbled …

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Top Ten Global Personal Care Products Makers

Personal Care Products include items that we use on a daily basis. Some of the items in this group are hair care products, deodorants, detergents, toothpaste, skin care products, band-aids, baby diapers, tissue, etc. Some of these products are necessities and consumers buy them even when the economy is down. This is one reason why …

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Five Most Traded Asian ADRs

The following are the five most traded ADR stocks from Asia based on Daily Trading Volume: 1.Company Name: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Ticker: TSM Country: Taiwan 2.Company Name: United Microelectronics Ticker: UMC Country: Taiwan 3.Company Name: BHP Billiton Ticker: BHP Country: Australia 4.Company Name: Focus Media Ticker: FMCN Country: China 5.Company Name: Baidu.com Ticker: BIDU Country: …

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Top Healthcare Stocks for Bear Markets

The Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index contains 50 of the largest companies by market capitalization and well known blue chip companies in the world. The seven healthcare components in this index are listed below: Abbott Laboratories (ABT) GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK) Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) Merck & Co. In (MRK) Novartis AG (NVS) Pfizer Inc. …

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