I came across two charts that show the dismal performance of U.S. equities in this decade. The first chart below is from the Numbers column in the latest issue of Bloomberg Businessweek. It shows the return of U.S. S&P 500 Index from Dec 31, 2009 thru Dec 14, 2009. The S&P 500 lost 23% in …
Among the 10 most profitable companies in the world based on 2008 data, energy companies occupy the top six spots. Two of the companies in that list (GazProm and PetroChina) are from emerging markets with the rest being the usual Western energy giants. The emergence of two companies from Russia and China in the top …
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The Businessworld magazine in India published the India’s Best Banks 2009 list last week. The winners were listed in three categories : large, medium and small size banks. The factors used to select these banks are growth, size, sustainability and some risk parameters. A total of 56 commercial banks were analyzed to identify the top …
With less than two weeks remaining this year, its time to take a quick look at the performance of foreign bank stocks. In this post, let me list the five best and worst performing foreign bank ADRs. The 5 Best Performing Foreign Bank Stocks YTD: 1.Banco Macro (BMA) Country: Argentina YTD Change: 171% 2.Woori Finance …
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The Dow Jones BRIC China 15 Index represents the “15 leading companies whose primary operations are in mainland China but whose stocks trade on the exchanges of Hong Kong and the U.S. Eligible stocks include H shares, ADRs/ADSs and U.S.-listed only stocks”. The stocks in this index are selected based on liquidity and size.The dividend …