Archive of entries posted on October 2012

The Top 25 Global Pharmaceutical Companies by 2011 Sales

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The Pharmaceutical Executive magazine published earlier this year its annual ranking of the Top 50 Pharmaceutical Companies by revenue. The following table lists the top 25 global companies ranked based on sales in 2011: Source: Pharmaceutical Executive The top 50 companies accounted sold $610 billion in human prescription pharmaceuticals last year and just the top 10 accounted for 59% of the …

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Who is Responsible for Most of the Daily UK Stock Market Volume?

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Most of the stocks in the UK equity market is held by pension funds, insurance companies, foreigners, etc. The share of stocks held by individuals is very low. But on an average about 700,000 shares are traded on a daily basis on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The majority of the daily trades on the …

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The Organizational Structure of the Chinese Communist Party

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The New York Times published an expose last week on the wealth accumulated by the family of outgoing Chinese Prime minister Wen Jiabao. According to the article, Mr.Wen’s family and relatives control assets worth at least $2.7 billion. Though Mr.Wen comes from an extremely poor family many of his relatives have become very rich. Many other …

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Comparing Equity Mutual Funds’ Performance in US and Europe

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Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are becoming more popular with investors than mutual funds in recent years. In order to meet the increasing demand ETF providers have sliced and diced the market in as many ways as possible and continue to add new ETFs to their offerings. From a recent article in  The Journal Report of …

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Number of UK Publicly Listed Companies Continue to Decline

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The total number of British companies traded publicly on the equity markets continue to decline for many years due to many reasons. Unlike in the past, many companies do not find a compelling need to go public. In addition, companies are able to fund their capital requirements through internal funding and issuing debt. The explosive …

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