Some interesting charts from the FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile report are shown below: 1. Number of “Problem” Banks Yesterday the FDIC shutdown Nevada Security Bank of Reno, Neveda making it the 83rd bank to fail this year. The unofficial problem banks list published by Calculated Risk has increased to 781. Despite talks of economic recovery …
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I ran the stock screener for OTC stocks yielding more than 5% dividends and having market caps of at least $5B. The following 17 stocks met the above criteria: 1. Telstra Corporation Limited (TLSYY) Current Dividend Yield: 9.40% Sector: Telecom Australia 2. Koninklijke KPN N.V. (KKPNY) Current Dividend Yield: 9.38% Sector: Telecom The Netherlands 3. …
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The five biggest banks of Mexico based on total assets are shown below: Source: The Banker The banking industry in Mexico is heavily dominated by foreign banks. Mexico’s largest bank Banamex is a Citigroup(C) subsidiary. BBVA Bancomer is the subsidiary of Spanish banking group BBVA (BBVA). Based in Monterrey Grupo Financiero Banorte has been in …
Last month Apple (APPL) overtook Microsoft(MSFT) in market capitalization. Since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill BP’s (BP) market cap has decreased dramatically. So I wanted to see which US-listed foreign companies had the largest market capitalization. The following foreign companies have market cap of over $100B as of market close today: 1. PetroChina Company Limited …
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