The Top 15 Singapore Stocks by Market Capitalization

The small city state of Singapore offers many investment opportunities. In recent years the country has positioned itself as a financial hub and has built a knowledge-based economy. The following graphic shows the Top 15 Singapore Stocks by Market Capitalization traded in the Singapore Exchange as of November 30,2009: Source: Singapore Exchange Ltd. ETF : …

Continue reading ‘The Top 15 Singapore Stocks by Market Capitalization’ »

Ten Global Food and Beverage Titans

The Dow Jones Food & Beverage Titans 30 Index represents the leading global companies in the Food & Beverage sector. The components of this index are selected based on rankings by float-adjusted market capitalization, revenue and net profit. Since this is a defensive sector, the index was down only about 26% last year – which …

Continue reading ‘Ten Global Food and Beverage Titans’ »

Download 4 S&P Dividend Aristrocrats Indices in Excel

One of the popular dividend index series published by Standard&Poors is the Dividend Aristocrats indices. In this post, I shall provide a brief description of each index and list the constituents in downloadable excel files. 1. S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index This index “measures the performance of large cap, blue chip companies within the S&P …

Continue reading ‘Download 4 S&P Dividend Aristrocrats Indices in Excel’ »