The Bank Director magazine has published the Bank Performance Scorecard ranking the top 150 banks among the publicly-listed banks based on 2010 earnings data. The scorecard analyzed banks in three critical areas: profitability, capital and asset quality. From the Bank Director report: The Scorecard uses two standard measurements of profitability, return on average assets (ROAA) …
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The Too Big To Fail (TBTF) concept is the belief that certain financial institutions are so big and so complex that their failure will be be disastrous to the whole economy. Some of these institutions are indeed so huge that their failure is unimaginable and may wreck the economies of many countries in addition to …
The commodity markets saw a boom in the past few years due to soaring demand for various commodities in the emerging countries. Demand for natural resources such as coal, iron, oil and gas have been especially high from China, India, etc. Many people have the misconception that only emerging and frontier markets are rich in …
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Ell and Nikki of Azerbaijan won the 56th Eurovision Song Contest held in Düsseldorf in May this year.With their song “Running Scared“, the duo comprised of vocalist Ell (a.k.a Eldar Qasimov), 21 and Nikki (a.k.a. Nigar Jamal), 30, won in the finals after two preceding qualifying rounds in which contestants from 43 nations participated.
Gold prices reached an intraday record $1,637.50 today as the U.S. debt crisis and the weaker-than-expected economic growth made investors flee equities and other risky assets to the safety of the precious metal. In the past decade, gold has had an incredible run from under $300 an ounce to the current price outperforming stocks and …
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