The Global Finance magazine has published “The Stars of China” list in the latest issue. These firms are the top ranked companies in their respective industries. The Stars of China for 2011: [TABLE=1047] Source: Global Finance It is interesting to note that Apple(AAPL) and Nestle(NSRGY) are the two foreign firms in this ranking. Switzerland based …
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The CAC-40 and DAX indices are down 17.9% and 13.7% as of Nov 4, 2011. Both these indices were off much higher in early October but have since recovered some of the losses as some clarity has began to emerge on the solution to the Euro crisis. Click to enlarge Source: Yahoo Finance French and …
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I wrote a post back in September about why ordinary investors should not time the market. This post adds another angle to the same topic. The first decade of the 21st century has been called as “The Lost Decade” for U.S. stocks as they were flat to down. In addition, the S&P 500 lost 23% …
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The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published the list of global banks that are too-big-to-fail. These banks are required to hold as much as 2.5% more capital than other banks by the end of 2012. The 29 global systemtacially important banks are: Bank of America Corp.(BAC) Bank of China Ltd. (BACHY) Bank of New York …
I Wall Street in the 1800s I came across a paper on total returns of bonds, stocks and bills by Dr. Bryan Taylor of Global Financial Data, Inc. The following are some interesting facts from the paper about investing in financial assets during the 1800s in the U.S. : “Most people invested in bonds, not stocks …
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