The global energy consultancy PFC Energy has published the top 50 energy companies of the world for 2009 based on market cap. PetroChina (PTR), the integrated National Oil Company (NOC) of China is the highest ranked company with a market cap of $353 B. PetroChina beat last year’s winner of the top spot ExxonMobil(XOM) of …
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The following stocks in the financial services sector pay dividends in excess of 8%: [TABLE=358]
The following Savings & Loan association(S&L) accept savings deposits and make home and other loans. S&Ls must have 65% of their lending in mortgage and consumer loans. Due to this, they are highly vulnerable to the housing market. S&Ls with more than 4% dividend yields are shown below: [TABLE=357]
Unlike many other countries, there are thousands of small community banks in the U.S. These banks have a smaller foot print when compared to the regional or national banks such as Bank of America(BAC), Fifth Third Bank(FITB), U.S. Bank(USB), etc. However they are usually know their customers better and maintain close relationships with the local …
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The S&P 500 Index is the barometer of the U.S. economy since it constitutes 500 leading companies from the leading industries. The top 10 components in the index based on market cap are Exxon Mobil Corp(XOM), Microsoft Corp(MSFT), Apple Inc.(APPL), Procter & Gamble(PG), Johnson & Johnson(JNJ),General Electric Co(GE), International Business Machines Corp(IBM), JP Morgan Chase …
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